By Reuters | Updated: May 12, 2025
BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) – Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones, including Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O), iPhones, dropped by 49.6% year on year in March, according to data released on Monday by a government-affiliated research company.
Calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed that March shipments of foreign-branded phones in China decreased to 1.887 million units from 3.747 million a year earlier.
Reporting by Beijing Newsroom Editing by David Goodman
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