iPhone supply chain breakdown: 90% of rare earth resources from China

2011 , Apple sold a total of around the world 70 million units iPhone, and interestingly, there is not even a mobile phone in the United States. Whether it is rare kind of raw material extraction or iPhone final production assembly, in which the Chinese have occupied the lion's share .

iPhone Supply Chain Detailed

Apple's official website , as of 2011 , Apple has created 43,000 American jobs and an additional 20,000 for the United States to provide a job abroad , but focused on the design and marketing areas ; while its creation in foreign countries 700,000 jobs are concentrated on production and other aspects .

Rare earth resources : 90% from China

According to reports , iPhone's screen , processor and speakers and other equipment production requires a lot of rare earth resources, including lanthanum (La), yttrium (Y) and cerium (Ce) , etc. , according to CNET's survey shows that 90% of rare earth resources mined in China 's Inner Mongolia region .

Rare earth resources : 90% from China

Therefore, including the microphone with the motherboard , including many of iPhone parts are produced in China ; while storage devices, processor and other components are also close to Taiwan and South Korea by the foundries . The only exception is the STMicroelectronics joint venture to produce a gyroscope - which is not only the production of iPhone parts in Asia .

iPhone 5s: 85% assembled in China

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) has explained that Apple will be placed on production lines abroad " is not due to cheap labor abroad , but because its production efficiency and higher speed ."

Ruby Media Group survey, to recruit 8,700 200,000 engineers and production line workers in China requires only 15 days - and this time on the U.S. will need nine months. In addition, Chinese employees can be scheduled up faster , and is easier to work overtime .

Foxconn iPhone factory production line

To Foxconn , for example, the Chinese company produces 40 percent of the world's electronic devices. Each plant can hire 230,000 Foxconn production line workers and equip multiple production lines , and each line can produce 72,000 units a day after the shell iPhone 5s . Even more surprising is that in China, similar to the Foxconn plant scale plants totaling hundreds .

Profit sharing : Chinese enterprises is less than 4%

Department of Foreign Trade and Commercial Counsellor Liu Chang said that although the majority of iPhone in China, but the United States , Japan, South Korea , respectively, with design and technology to obtain 49.4% , 34% and 13% of the profits , the profits produced by the Chinese do not to 4%.

iPhone production trend reflects the globalization of production , but we are proud of the iPhone production in China , but also should pay more attention to the technological competitiveness of Chinese enterprises .


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email: sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

• < Prev
• Next >