Does Apple Plan iPhone, MacBook Factories In Brazil?

Jonny Evans| April 19, 2010 | Industry Intel.Share .Apple is looking to open up production facilities in Latin America, seeking to exploit tax breaks available to foreign companies opening for business in Brazil.

The company is pondering production of iPhones and MacBooks in Brazil in an attempt reportedly aimed at cutting prices for Latin American consumers, it's claimed.

Apple will need to join a Brazilian scheme that offers tax breaks on component imports in order to encourage final product assembly inside of that country, Sao Paulo’s Folha de S.Paulo claimed, citing no sources.

The company presently outsources most of its manufacturing to Taiwan/China, where its key parent manufacturing partners are Quanta Computer and Hon Hai Precision Industry.

Apple has not responsed to Bloomberg’s questions on this report. The company opened its own online store in Brazil in October 2009. The company now operates eight “Stores within a store” complexes in Brazil, which it runs in association with Fnac.
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