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Samsung Electronics exports have a big impact on South Korean semiconductors Apple Cook said that it is beneficial to China to impose tariffs on Samsung

Samsung Electronics said in its semi-annual report that in the first half of this year, the company's sales reached 75.2 trillion won (about 62 billion US dollars), 86% of which came from overseas. South Korea is the fourth largest economy in Asia (the top three are China, Japan, India), with exports totaling 313.4 trillion won ($259.6 billion) in the same period, of which overseas revenue accounted for 20.6%.

According to the report, by region, as the world's largest manufacturer of memory chips and mobile phones, Samsung's sales in North America were 21.2 trillion won ($17.6 billion), followed by China (17.8 trillion won, or about 14.7 billion). US dollars), Asia (excluding China and South Korea) and Africa (a total of 16.7 trillion won, or about 13.8 billion US dollars) and Europe (9 trillion won, or about 7.49 billion US dollars).

Although most of Samsung's profits come from overseas markets, most of its taxes are paid domestically. Samsung said in its earnings report that the company paid 9.5 trillion won (about 7.87 billion US dollars) in corporate tax in South Korea in the first half of the year, an increase of 19.7% over the same period last year.

According to Reuters, Trump said on Sunday that in conversations with Apple CEO Cook, Cook has repeatedly stressed the impact of tariff increases on Chinese imports and the resulting competitors. Possible benefits.

Trump said that Cook "given a good case", because Samsung's products will not be affected by tariffs, and Apple will be affected, so this will hurt Apple.

It is understood that Trump and Cook have dinner together on Friday night local time. For this, Trump wrote at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, USA: "Tonight and Apple's Tim. · Cook has dinner, they are spending a lot of money in the US to invest. This is great!"

"I think Cook has come up with a very compelling view, and I will consider it," Trump said in an interview at the New Jersey airport.

It is understood that the plan to impose tariffs on Chinese goods (including consumer electronics) worth US$300 billion will be carried out in two phases on September 1 and December 15.

For now, Apple's MacBook laptops and iPhones won't face additional tariff issues until December 15th, but other products of the company, including its AirPods, Apple Watch and HomePod, will be added from September 1st. Tariffs.