On paper, Apple US manufacturing operations doubled between 2020 and 2021 – but the likely reality is that the vast majority of US production is carried out on a small scale, for test purposes.
The number of US manufacturing sites among Apple’s suppliers increased from 25 to 48 in the course of a year, according to the company’s latest supplier list …
The majority of Apple products are made in China, though the company has been slowly working on diversifying into other countries. India has become a major secondary manufacturing hub for the company, with Vietnam also growing in importance.
