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News latest Nov 11, 11:42 pm ET · Lanes marked from May 23 to Nov 11 · Prices delayed
Apple's annual report names 7 countries where it makes things; the parts and the shipping route are what is typical for hardware & electronics; 65% of what it sells goes outside the US.
Solid boxes are from Apple's own filings. Dashed boxes are what is typical for the industry, from ALAN's industry table. Tap a step to see its evidence.
Pacific-centred, 6 stepsAAPL trace
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Routes are the usual route for the industryNumbers match the boxes above
Step 4 · Made by partners in Annual report
"A significant majority of the Company’s manufacturing is performed in whole or in part by outsourcing partners located primarily in China mainland, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, in addition to sourcing from partners and facilities in the U.S. The Company relies on single-source partners in the U.S., Asia and Europe to supply and manufacture many components, and on partners primarily located in Asia for final assembly of substantially all of the Company’s hardware products."
Apple 10-K, filed Nov 3, 2026, Item 1A, Risk Factors. The filing gives no split by country.
Shipped through Typical
Bab el-MandebDisrupted
Suez CanalDisrupted
Strait of MalaccaMarked normal May 23
South China SeaTense
Taiwan StraitTense
Sold to Annual report
Other (as disclosed)48%
United States35%
China17%
Country by country
The ones on a flagged lane first: what the report says, what is typical, the sea lane, its latest news.
Scheduled, next 30 days4 events touch Apple's chain countries.
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Nov 9 to 15 · this week
United Nations climate change conference, 31st sessionMon, Nov 9 to Nov 20, Antalya, Turkey
Nov 16 to 22
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meetingWed, Nov 18 to Nov 19, Shenzhen, China
People's Bank of China loan prime rateFri, Nov 20, China, PBoC publishes no annual schedule — the Loan Prime Rate lands on the 20th monthly (9:30 AM Beijing), postponed to the next working day on weekends and Chinese public holidays. Date generated from that rule.
Nov 23 to 29
Taiwanese local electionsSat, Nov 28, Taiwan
Nov 30 to Dec 6
69th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee meetingFri, Dec 4, OPEC and allied producers, Derived from the committee's stated every-two-months cadence in the 2 August 2026 communique, not from an announced date. It moves to confirmed the day the Secretariat publishes it.
Gambian presidential electionSat, Dec 5, Gambia
Guinea-Bissau general electionSun, Dec 6, Guinea-Bissau
Dec 7 to 13
Federal Reserve (FOMC) rate decisionWed, Dec 9, United States