April Smartphone US Imports Fell 21%, as Chinese Shipments Recovered
U.S. importers sourced 11.93 million smartphones in April, shows Census Bureau data we accessed Wednesday through the International Trade Commission, a 4.9% sequential increase and 21% decline from April 2019. Shipments from China were 9.06 million handsets in April, up…
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27% from March, down 21% from 2019. Two months earlier, COVID-19 factory shutdowns sent February Chinese smartphone imports tumbling (see 2005060066).