Apple Inc has asked its contract manufacturers to increase the production outside China
India and Vietnam are among the countries that are being seen as an alternative option to China
Over 90 per cent of Apple products including iPhones, iPads and MacBook laptops are manufactured in China by outside contractors
Apples expected to influence the thinking of other Western companies for reducing their dependency on China
The lockdowns imposed in Shanghai and other cities as part of China’s anti-Covid policy have disrupted the supply chain
Apple sees India as the closest thing to the next China as both of them are similar in population and both offers low cost
India made 3.1 per cent of the world’s iPhones last year
