Apple Flies Planeloads Of iPhones To US To Beat Tariffs

April 9, 2025 Business, Trump Administration

The Trump administration’s massive tariffs on China have Apple flying planes full of iPhones to the U.S. and consumers rushing to buy them before the prices potentially skyrocket. U.S. consumers are rushing to stores to buy iPhones in anticipation that the new tariffs will prompt Apple to raise prices.

Some customers told the WSJ that they aren’t waiting to see if iPhone costs increase, with one person stating that “the tariffs for sure pushed me out of the door.”

Since Trump’s “liberation day” announcement, at least 10 flights carrying iPhones and other products have taken off from Chennai International Airport, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Read the full article. According to a second outlet, iPhones are also being rushed in from India.

#WATCH | Apple rushed 5 plane loads of iPhones from India & China to the U.S. in 3 days to avoid Trump's 10% reciprocal tariffs, which took effect on April 5.

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— Mint (@livemint) April 8, 2025

TARIFFS: Apple just sent five cargo planes full of iPhones to the US to beat the tariff deadline. Each plane can hold 248,000 boxed iPhones – a total shipment of 1.24 million iPhones.

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— @amuse (@amuse) April 9, 2025