Going by the information forwarded by Natalie Harrison, Apple’s press contact, it is quite likely that the international launch of the iPad will be delayed – largely due to the company’s inability to cope with the extremely high demand and resultant supply shortages in the US.

According to estimates – based on Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ April 8 statement that the April 3-launched iPad had sold 450,000 iPads – by that day -, the US sales of the iPad have probably touched more than 600,000 units, as of now.

The official press statement read thus: “Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad.”

The statement further added that Apple will need more time to reach the iPad overseas because it had already “taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.”

Citing “surprisingly strong demand” reasons, the press statement said that Apple has been forced to Apple to reorganize its plans for the international launch of the iPad – and the device will likely hit the international markets May-end.

Apple will reveal the pricing of the different iPad models when the international pre-orders for the device go live on May 10.