Supplychain är mycket globalt, det är vilseledande att tro att Kina tillverkar allt, det gör de inte. Av en iPhone så får Kina ca 3.6%, resten till Taiwan, Sydkorea, Japan och givetvis USA. Om Kina har en så ledande teknikutveckling, varför måste så mycket importeras?
"So what about all of those famous factories in China with millions of workers making iPhones? The companies that own those factories, including Foxconn, are all based in Taiwan. Of the factory-cost estimate of $237.45 from IHS Markit at the time the iPhone 7 was released in late 2016, we calculate that all that’s earned in China is about $8.46, or 3.6 percent of the total. That includes a battery supplied by a Chinese company and the labor used for assembly.
The other $228.99 goes elsewhere. The U.S. and Japan each take a roughly $68 cut, Taiwan gets about $48, and a little under $17 goes to South Korea. And we estimate that about $283 of gross profit from the retail price – about $649 for a 32GB model when the phone debuted – goes straight to Apple’s coffers.
In short, China gets a lot of (low-paid) jobs, while the profits flow to other countries."
We estimate China only makes $8.46 from an iPhone – and that's why Trump's trade war is futileClick to expand...