India’s growing iPhone production has reached a major milestone, as total iPhone exports from the country has reached the $50 billion mark, reports AppleInsider. Apple has been actively moving more of its iPhone production to India to reduce the impact of US tariffs and to take advantage of local tax incentives.
As of April 2025, India was making one in five of all iPhones around the globe. After the imposition of US tariffs, Apple began redirecting 97% of all Indian-made iPhones to the US.
The $50 billion figure is based on the exports reported since Apple enrolled in India’s Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) program in 2021. India’s five-year billion-dollar Production-Linked Incentive Scheme provides incentives on locally-produced smartphones.
While final figures for exports under PLI for the 2026 financial year are yet to be known (it ends on March 31, 2026), an unnamed official said that “in the first nine months of [Financial Year 2026] alone, Apple has already exported nearly $16 billion, taking the cumulative iPhone exports past $50 billion within the PLI period.”
Samsung has also benefited from the PLI program, as the Korean exported almost $17 billion worth of smartphones from India during the same period.
Indian Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnav commented on the Economic Times report, tweeting that $50 billion was a “major milestone.” Crediting the government’s “Make in India” program, he said that “electronics production has increased 6 times in the last 11 years.”
In a major milestone for PM @narendramodi Ji’s 'Make in India' and our quest to become a producer economy, Apple ships $50 billion worth mobile phones in 2025.
Electronics production has increased 6 times in last 11 years. And electronics exports have grown 8 times under PM…
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) January 5, 2026
