India has exported $50 billion worth of iPhones in five years

India has exported billion worth of iPhones in five years

Local tax incentives plus Apple’s moves to reduce the impact of US tariffs mean India’s growing iPhone production has crossed a milestone.

Tim Cook in a previous visit to India — image credit: Apple

By April 2025, India was making one in five of all iPhones worldwide. Following the US tariffs that began being imposed then, Apple redirected 97% of all Indian-made iPhones to the States.

According to India’s Economic Times, total production has now exceeded $50 billion worth of iPhones. The figure is based specifically on the exports made since Apple enrolled in India’s Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) program in 2021.

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