US President Donald Trump has once again threatened Apple over making iPhones in India. On Friday, Trump said that the iPhones sold in the US should be manufactured in the US, not in India or any other country. Trump said that he has previously directly told Apple CEO Tim Cook that if Apple does not make iPhones in the US, a tariff of at least 25% will be imposed on the company. After this threat from Trump, Apple’s stock fell 4% to $193. Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth, I had long ago informed Apple’s Tim Cook that the iPhones that will be sold in the US will be manufactured in the US, not in India or anywhere else. If this does not happen, Apple will have to pay a tariff of at least 25%. Trump does not want Apple products to be made in India
US President Donald Trump does not want Apple products to be made in India. Last week, Trump told the company’s CEO Tim Cook that there is no need to set up factories in India. 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 (May 15). He had said that Apple will now have to increase production in America. Despite this, Apple’s largest contract manufacturer Foxconn has invested $ 1.49 billion (about ? 12,700 crores) in India. Foxconn has made this investment in Yuzhan Technology (India) Private Limited of Tamil Nadu in the last 5 days through its Singapore unit. Trump’s full statement in Doha I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday. I told him, Tim, you are my friend, you are bringing 500 billion dollars, but now I am hearing that you are doing production all over India. I don’t want you to do production in India. If you want to take care of India, then 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 this, they are ready not to charge any tariff from us. I told Tim, look, we have tolerated all the projects you made in China for years, now you have to do the production in America, 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 told 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 told that other products like AirPods, Apple Watch are also mostly being made in Vietnam. Why is Apple so focused on India, 5 points 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 crores) in India. There has been an increase of 60% compared to last year. During this period, Apple exported iPhones worth $17.4 billion (about ?1.49 lakh crores) from India. At the same time, one out of every 5 iPhones worldwide is now being made in India. iPhones are manufactured in factories in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in India. 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 of $ 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. —————————————— Also read this news related to iPhone… 1. The price of ? 85-thousand iPhone can be ? 2.5 lakh: Trump had said – does not want Apple products to be made in India, increase production in America If Apple shifts its manufacturing base from India or China to America, the price of an iPhone can increase from $ 1,000 to $ 3,000. If converted into rupees, the price of iPhone will increase from about Rs 85 thousand to about Rs 2.50 lakh. A day before, on May 16, US President Donald Trump had said in Doha, the capital of Qatar, that he had told Apple CEO Tim Cook that there is no need to set up factories in India. He does not want Apple products to be made there. Click here to read the full news… 2. 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 Indian government 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…
