US President Donald Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook that there is no need to set up factories in India. I don’t want Apple products to be made there. India can take care of itself. Trump gave information about this conversation with the Apple CEO in a program with business leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Thursday. He said that Apple will now have to increase production in America. At the same time, Trump said that India has offered us a zero tariff deal in trade. He said that India is not ready to charge us anything in trade. Trump’s full statement I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday. I told him, Tim, you are my friend, I treated you very well, you are bringing 500 billion dollars, but now I am hearing that you are producing all over India. I don’t want you to produce in India. If you want to take care of India, you can manufacture in India because India is one of the countries with the highest tariffs in the world. It is very difficult to sell in India and they have offered us a deal under which they are willing to not charge us any tariff. I said to Tim, Tim, look, we have treated you very well, we tolerated all the plants you built in China for years, now you have to manufacture in the US, we don’t want you to manufacture in India. India can take care of itself. 50% of the iPhones sold in the US market are being made in India Apple CEO Tim Cook had said in a recent interview that 50% of the iPhones sold in the US market are being made in India. Cook said that India will become the country of origin for iPhones sold in the US in the April-June quarter. He informed that other products like AirPods, Apple Watch are also mostly being made in Vietnam. By 2026, 6 crore+ iPhones will be made annually in the country iPhone production increased by 60% from March-24 to March-25 From March 2024 to March 2025, Apple made 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. iPhone sales to reach $8 billion in FY 2024 Apple’s smartphone sales reached $8 billion in FY 2024. While 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… HCL-Foxconn to make semiconductor chips in India: Government approves sixth plant costing ?3,700 crore; 3.6 crore chips to be made every month The Government of India on Wednesday approved HCL and Foxconn to build the sixth semiconductor plant. This plant will be built near Jewar Airport in Yamuna Expressway Industrial Zone of Uttar Pradesh at a cost of Rs 3,700 crore. The plant will run at a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month. Click here to read the full news…
