Jan 29 (Reuters) – Apple-dealer Jabil Inc’s (JBL.N) India unit has begun making parts for AirPods in the country and is delivery plastic our bodies or enclosures for AirPods to China and Vietnam, Bloomberg Data reported on Sunday, citing folk aware of the matter.
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Jabil didn’t straight away acknowledge to a Reuters ask for observation.
The transfer marks one other step in Apple’s plans to shift its manufacturing a ways off from China amid rising replace and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington.
The iPhone maker desires India to story for up to 25% of its manufacturing, from about 5%-7% now.
Apple has guess spacious on India because it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017, in accordance with the Indian authorities’s push for native manufacturing.
Reporting by Siddharth Jindal in Bengaluru; Bettering by Savio D’Souza
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