Apple aims to build most iPhones for U.S. in India by end-2026
Apple Inc. seeks To the import of most iPhone devices that it sells in the United States from India by the end of next year, and to accelerate a shift beyond China to alleviate the risks related to definitions and geopolitical tensions.
People familiar with this issue said that the goal means that Apple will double its annual production in India to more than 80 million units. Apple has just more than 40 million iPhone in India in the fiscal year until March 2025. It sells more than 60 million iPhone annually in the United States.
These plans are the latest Apple mark and its suppliers who are hurrying to a axis away from China, a process that started when the harsh COVIDs locks were damaged in its largest factory. The definitions made by US president Donald Trump in addition to Beijing Washington tensions give Apple to amplify this effort.
Apple representatives in India immediately did not respond to the comment. The Financial Times reported earlier that Apple’s goal is to obtain all iPhone devices sold in the United States from India by the end of 2026. Bloomberg News previously reported the Apple plan to determine the priorities of the iPhone from the supply chain in India to its customers in the United States.
Cubino, California, has raised $ 22 billion in IPHONE devices in India in the 12 months ending in March, which increased production by almost 60 % during the previous year. Apple now makes 20 %, or one in five, from iPhone devices in South Asia, while China remains its largest production base.
The largest part of iPhone devices in India is assembled at the Foxconn Technology Group in southern India. The ARM Tata Group for the manufacture of electronics, which bought the local Wistron Corp and manages the PEGATRON Corp operations in India, is also a major supplier. Tata and Foxconn have also built new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, previously said Bloomberg News.
Among the total production of India, Apple exported 1.5 trillion rupee ($ 17.5 billion) in iPhone from the region in the fiscal year until March 2025, the country’s minister of technology said on April 8.
IPhone shipments from India to the United States accelerated after Trump announced his plans for the so -called “mutual” tariffs in February. India’s average and export in Apple has risen throughout the fiscal year to March.
The Trump administration gave earlier this month exempt electronics, including smartphones and computers, from mutual definitions. This is good news for companies such as Apple, although Repieve does not seem to extend to a 20 % separate Trump duty on China, and apply to Pikin to eliminate Fintanel.
This also means that the iPhone devices made in India will not attract any duties yet. With the exceptions of the exceptions made on April 11, Trump’s cumulative fees on China remain by 145 %, and companies like Apple are likely to force the conversion of the supply chain.
Apple now collects the entire iPhone collection in India, including the most expensive Titanium Pro models. Its success in manufacturing in the nation’s most populated world with the help of the state’s aid associated with the aspiration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in turning the country into a manufacturing center.
This story was originally shown on Fortune.com
2025-04-25 11:50:00
