New Delhi: For the primary time since home manufacturing started in 2021, US tech big Apple Inc’s iPhone exports from India crossed Rs 2 lakh crore in 2025, as per business knowledge. Exports of the tech firm in January–December 2025 reached a document $23 billion or Rs 2.03 lakh crore, up practically 85 p.c over 2024 exports.
Round three months stay earlier than Apple’s 5‑yr PLI window ends. Beneath the production-linked incentive scheme (PLI), Apple’s focus in India had been growth of the iPhones exports. Within the first 9 months of FY26, iPhone exports stood at practically $16 billion, pushing cumulative shipments in the course of the PLI interval past the $50‑billion mark.
By comparability, Samsung exported gadgets value round $17 billion throughout its 5‑yr eligibility interval beneath the scheme from FY21 to FY25. Apple’s manufacturing footprint within the nation contains 5 iPhone meeting vegetation—three operated by Tata Group entities and two by Foxconn—supported by a provide chain of round 45 corporations, together with many MSMEs supplying elements for home and world operations.
Pushed largely by iPhone shipments which contributed about 75 per cent of complete smartphone exports, smartphones rose to India’s single largest export class in FY25, up from their rank of 167 amongst export objects in 2015. India grew to become the world’s second-largest cell phone producer, with greater than 99% of telephones bought domestically now Made in India strikes up the manufacturing worth chain.
The smartphone PLI scheme is scheduled to conclude in March 2026, although the federal government is reportedly exploring methods to increase help. Beneath revised guidelines, corporations had been allowed to assert incentives for any 5 consecutive years inside a six‑yr interval. Apple additionally bought about 6.5 million iPhone 16 items within the first 11 months of 2025, making it the nation’s highest promoting smartphone.