Apple exported iPhones worth over $50 billion from India in 2025, marking a major milestone in the country’s electronics manufacturing push under the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on Sunday.
Vaishnav said the exports spotlighted India’s growing role as a global manufacturing hub for electronics, particularly smartphones, under the Make in India initiative.
“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 of mobile phones in 2025,” Vaishnav wrote in a post on X.
The $50 billion export figure translates to approximately Rs 4.51 lakh crore. According to the report cited by the minister, Apple shipped iPhones worth $16 billion from India during the first nine months of FY 2025–26.
Apple joined the Government of India’s smartphone PLI scheme in 2022 and has since emerged as one of the largest contributors to the country’s electronics manufacturing ecosystem. The company has reportedly generated more than 3.5 lakh direct and indirect jobs through its manufacturing operations in India.
India currently hosts five iPhone manufacturing facilities, three operated by Tata Group and two by Foxconn, forming the backbone of a supply chain that includes nearly 45 component manufacturers, many of them micro, small and medium enterprises.
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The PLI scheme has played a central role in attracting global electronics majors such as Apple and Samsung to expand manufacturing in India. Samsung, according to reports, shipped devices worth nearly $17 billion from India between FY 2021 and FY 2025.
Highlighting the broader growth of the sector, Vaishnav said India’s electronics production and exports had expanded sharply over the past decade.
“Electronics production has increased 6 times in last 11 years. And electronics exports have grown 8 times under PM Modi Ji’s focused leadership,” he said.
The minister added that electronics products had emerged among India’s top three export categories and that the sector’s growth extended beyond smartphones. He pointed to 46 component manufacturing projects and the expansion of laptop, server and hearable manufacturing in the country.
Vaishnav also said that four semiconductor plants are expected to begin commercial production this year, strengthening India’s position in the global electronics value chain.
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