The US President Donald Trump's administration has released smartphones and computers from reciprocal tariffs, including 125% taxes imposed on Chinese imports.
The customs and border patrol of the United States publishes a notice late on Friday, explaining that the goods will be excluded from 10% Trump's global tariff for most countries and a much more large Chinese import tax.
This move comes after fears from US technology companies that the price of gadgets can increase as many of them are made in China.
Exceptions include other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells and memory cards.
The US is a major market for the iPhone, while Apple represented more than half of smartphone sales last year, according to Counterpoint Research.
It states that 80% of Apple's iPhone for sale in the United States are made in China, with the remaining 20% being made in India.
Together with fellow smartphones such as Samsung, Apple is trying to diversify its supply chains to avoid China's over -religiosity in recent years.
India and Vietnam emerged as the leaders for additional production centers.
As the tariffs have come into force, Apple refers to accelerating and increasing the production of devices manufactured in India in recent days.
Trump had planned numerous steep tariffs for countries around the world that would come into force this week.
But on Wednesday, he quickly turned the course, announcing that he would apply a 90 -day pause to countries affected by higher US rates – except for China – whose rates he raised to 145%. Trump said the increase in the Chinese tariff is due to the country's willingness to avenge its own 84% fee for US goods.
In a dramatic change in policy, Trump said that all countries that did not avenge the US tariffs would receive a recovery – and confronted only the 10% US Tariff – until July.
The White House said this move was a tactics for negotiating more favorable commercial conditions from other countries.
Trump said his import taxes would deal with injustice in the global trading system, as well as return jobs and factories back to the US coast.