Apple is planning to make all the iPhones sold in the US in India from next year. The company has taken this decision amid the recent decision by US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries around the world and the tariff war with China. The Financial Times has published a report on this. By 2026, 60 million+ iPhones will be made annually in the country Apple has been working on shifting its supply chain out of China for a long time to reduce its dependence on China. If Apple shifts its assembly to India by the end of this year, then from 2026, more than 60 million iPhones will be produced here annually. This is double the current capacity. China currently dominates iPhone manufacturing China currently dominates the manufacturing of iPhones. According to IDC, its share in the company’s global iPhone shipments in 2024 was about 28%. Shifting the production of iPhones sold in the US market out of China will help the company avoid high tariffs. iPhone production increased by 60% from March-24 to March-25 In the 12 months from March 2024 to March 2025, Apple manufactured iPhones worth $22 billion (about ?1.88 lakh crore) in India. There has been an increase of 60% in this compared to last year. During this period, Apple exported iPhones worth $17.4 billion (about ?1.49 lakh crore) from India. At the same time, one out of every 5 iPhones worldwide is now being made in India. iPhones in India are manufactured in factories in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Foxconn produces the most of it. Foxconn is Apple’s largest manufacturing partner. Apart from this, Tata Electronics and Pegatron also do manufacturing. $8 billion iPhone sales in FY 2024 In FY 2024, Apple’s smartphone sales reached $8 billion. Whereas its market share was only 8%. iPhone still remains a luxury in India’s emerging middle class. Therefore, the market is expected to grow here. Why is Apple so focused on India? ————————- Read this news too… Foxconn is buying 300 acres of land in Uttar Pradesh: Will build a manufacturing plant near Yamuna Expressway, the company supplies Apple products Foxconn, the company that assembles products like iPhone, iPad and Mac Book for Apple, is going to buy 300 acres of land in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The company will build a manufacturing plant on this land near Yamuna Expressway. This will be Foxconn’s first plant in North India and the manufacturing facility built in Bengaluru will be bigger. It is expected that this could be the second largest plant in the world. Click here to read the full news…
