<ul><li>Chinese authorities have been delaying or blocking shipments of iPhone manufacturing equipment to India, creating obstacles for Apple.</li><li>Earlier this year, Chinese authorities refused to allow one of Apple's Chinese equipment suppliers to export machinery to India for the trial production of the upcoming iPhone 17.</li><li>Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that builds most of Apple's iPhones in China, set up a front company in Southeast Asia to buy the equipment and then transferred it to a factory in India.</li><li>Chinese authorities have increased the approval times for exporting iPhone-making equipment from China to India, causing delays of up to four months.</li></ul>

China delaying, blocking shipments of iPhone manufacturing equipment to India

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