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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The US electronics giant, Apple Inc., has announced a decline in its earnings in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.
Net earnings for the third quarter of the year amounted to $ 10.04 billion, or $ 2.18 per share, compared to $ 11.52 billion, or $ 2.34 per share, for the same period previous year.
Analysts forecast earnings per share of $ 2.10.
At the same time, the company's revenue rose 1 percent to $ 53.81 billion in the third quarter of this year, up from $ 53.27 billion for the same period last year.
On Friday, US President Donald Trump refused to respond to Apple's request to exempt China's computer components from US tariffs on products imported from China and said the company was expected to produce components in the United States.
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