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> It takes 6weeks to ship product from Corning's US factory to China.

And they could build a factory anywhere in the world. In the mean time, they can ship as fast as they need. Apple already ships from the factory nearly directly to customers in the US in a couple of days.




I suspect the margin on finished iPads supports airfreight. The margin on components doesn't




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