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Apple is reportedly chartering cargo flights to transport iPhones from its manufacturing plants in India to the United States in an effort to avoid tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump. Since March, Apple has flown 600 tonnes of iPhones, equivalent to 1.5 million handsets, to the US. This move comes as Trump announced tariffs of 145% on goods from China, where Apple assembles most of its iPhones, prompting Apple to increase production in India by 20%. The company has expanded its workforce and operations at its Foxconn India factory in Chennai to meet this demand. Analysts warn that moving production to the US would be prohibitively expensive, with a US-made iPhone potentially costing $3,500.