SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - US trade regulators on Friday (Sept 20) approved 10 out of 15 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple Inc amid a broader reprieve on levies on computer parts, according to a public docket published by the US Trade Representative and a Federal Register notice.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN FRANCISCO - US trade regulators on Friday approved 10 out of 15 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple Inc amid a broader reprieve on levies on computer parts, according to a public docket published by the US Trade Representative and a Federal Register notice.
Apple did not say why it requested the exemptions, but the requests were for components such as partially completed circuit boards. Apple manufactures its Mac Pro computers in Texas, making the machine immune from tariffs, but such intermediate parts were subject to the levies.The Mac Pro computer starts at US$6,000 and is intended for users such as music and motion picture studios. Due to its specialised design, the device has never sold in large numbers.
Apple never publicly commented on its exact production plans, but US tariffs on Chinese goods complicated the assembly of PCs in the United States. The third list of US tariffs that went into effect last year placed levies on both some fully assembled PCs as well as the major components to make them, meaning manufacturers faced cost increases even if they made machines in the United States.
Apple applied for the exemptions for some components but President Donald Trump said US regulators would not grant them. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook later said during the company's July 30 earnings call that Apple wanted to keep making Mac Pros in the United States.
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