Economics

Six Jumbo Jets Of iPhones From India Part Of Apple’s Scramble To Beat Tariff Blitz 

Reuters provided more details on a strategic airlift operation that allowed Apple to sidestep tariffs that could have pushed iPhone retail prices above $2,300 per unit. By ramping up chartered air freighter flights, Apple transported approximately 600 tons of iPhones—equivalent to an estimated 1.5 million units—from India to the United States to beat President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff blitz. 

Sources said Apple chartered six jumbo jets, each with a capacity of 100 tons of iPhones, in recent weeks. There was no confirmation from sources on whether the aircraft used were Boeing 747-8Fs (maximum payload 140 tons) or Boeing 777Fs (maximum payload 102 tons). The planes reportedly departed from Chennai Airport in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Inspection times were reduced from 30 to just six hours, underscoring the urgency by CEO Tim Cook to transport iPhones to the US before tariff deadlines.

We first reported the emergency iPhone airlift operation on Monday…

Apple Scrambles: Five Air Freighters Full Of iPhones Rush To US Amid Trump’s Tariff Blitz https://t.co/4F61VifCF0
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 7, 2025
Sources also said that Apple’s iPhone plants in India increased production above 20% of normal levels to fulfill six jumbo jet loads of iPhones at the company’s request: 

In India, Apple stepped up air shipments to meet its goal of a 20% increase in usual production at iPhone plants, attained by adding workers, and temporarily extending operations at the biggest Foxconn India factory to Sundays, the source added.

Two other direct sources confirmed the Foxconn plant in Chennai now runs on Sundays, which is typically a holiday. The plant turned out 20 million iPhones last year, including the latest iPhone 15 and 16 models.

‘Operation iPhone Lift to America’ comes as some Wall Street analysts warned Trump’s tariffs could’ve increased iphone costs by 30-40%. Most iPhones are made in China, where levies are in excess of 120%. The good news is that a 26% tariff on imports from India has been placed on a 90-day hold—however, this excludes China. 

Goldman: President Trump increased the US effective tariff rate on Chinese goods to 125%

Before the 90-day pause for countries excluding China, Rosenblatt Securities analysts forecasted that the most affordable iPhone 16 model with a retail price of $799 would cost as much as $1,142 – or about a 43% rise. 

“This whole China tariff thing is playing out right now completely contrary to our expectation that American icon Apple would be kid-gloved, like last time,” Rosenblatt analyst Barton Crockett wrote in a note to clients.

Trade data via the supply chain platform Sayari shows that Foxconn India is a major Apple supplier. 

Counterpoint Research estimates that Apple sells 220 million iPhones per year worldwide, and about a fifth of total iPhone imports to the United States now come from India, and the rest from China. 

Tyler Durden
Thu, 04/10/2025 – 07:20…

Austin Metcalf And The Endless Race War

Authored by Donald Jeffries via “I Protest”,

Recently, a young Black male killed another young White male. This is hardly news, seeing as how every day, young Black males kill. It’s a ‘hood workout. The apparent motive in this case, was that the young Black male felt “disrespected.” In ghetto culture, you don’t accept “disrespect.” You have to respond, too often in a deadly way.

Now why this story has become national news is puzzling. The young victim, an honor roll high school student named Austin Metcalf, who was a Division 1 college football prospect, is no different than countless other White victims of Black pathology who remain anonymous because the crimes were ignored by mainstream media. The murderer is named Karmelo Anthony. We were assured that he came from a good home, unlike the vast majority of young Black killers. In this case, Anthony appears to have wandered into the tent provided for members of Metcalf’s high school track team. Maybe Karmelo forgot what school he went to. Metcalf asked him to leave, because the tent was reserved for track players at his particular high school. Now, no one asks a young Black man to leave any place. If he’s there, he must have a reason. So, Karmelo felt “disrespected.” And he responded in an appropriate ghetto style.

According to Austin’s twin brother, who will be haunted for the rest of his life by reliving the indescribable agony of his twin dying in his arms, Austin represented no threat to Karmelo. Austin didn’t bring a knife, or any other weapon, to a track meet. Karmelo Anthony did. The mainstream media normally suppresses stories like this, because they are so common that even the comatose “normies” might eventually start wondering. But they did report this one. Why? And the reaction has been predictable; uniform and irrational Black solidarity online. I’m sure Joy Reid and the shrews from The View will be chiming in soon. There is no other racial group that would attempt to justify cold blooded murder. You couldn’t find a single White person on earth defending this killer, if the races were reversed. This case is as cut and dry as can be. A knife to the heart for being asked to move from a restricted area

This is the problem we face, and have faced for a very long time. It’s why I have African American Fatigue Syndrome (AAFS). We have to pretend that Blacks don’t kill Whites and Asians far, far more often than the reverse. If any White person kills any Black person, you’ll know, because it will become front page news. I’m not sure any Asian has ever killed a Black person. You’ll be required to “say his or her name!” Loudly. When you first heard about the story, and that a White and a Black teen were involved, there was no doubt in your mind about which one was the perpetrator. Despite the best efforts of Hollywood to convince us that…