Practically all of the iPhones exported by Foxconn from India went to america between March and Might, customs information confirmed, far above the 2024 common of fifty % and a transparent signal of Apple’s efforts to bypass excessive US tariffs imposed on .

The numbers, being reported by Reuters for the primary time, present Apple has realigned its India exports to virtually solely serve the US market, when beforehand the units had been extra broadly distributed to nations together with the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Britain.

Throughout March-Might, Foxconn exported iPhones price $3.2 billion (roughly Rs. 27,547 crore) from India, with a median 97 % shipped to america, in comparison with a 2024 common of fifty.3 %, based on commercially out there customs information seen by Reuters.

India iPhone shipments by Foxconn to america in Might 2025 had been price practically $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,608 crore), the second-highest ever after the report $1.3 billion (roughly Rs. 11,191 crore) price of units shipped in March, the info confirmed.

Apple declined to remark, whereas Foxconn didn’t reply to a Reuters request for remark.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday mentioned will face 55 % tariffs after the 2 nations agreed on a plan, topic to each leaders’ approval, to ease levies that had reached triple digits.

India is topic, like most US buying and selling companions, to a baseline 10 % tariff and is attempting to barter an settlement to avert a 26 % “reciprocal” levy that Trump introduced after which paused in April.

Apple’s elevated manufacturing in India drew a robust rebuke from Trump in Might. “We’re not involved in you constructing in India, India can maintain themselves, they’re doing very properly, we would like you to construct right here,” Trump recalled telling CEO Tim Cook.

Within the first 5 months of this yr, Foxconn has already despatched iPhones price $4.4 billion (roughly Rs. 37,878 crore) to the US from India, in comparison with $3.7 billion (roughly Rs. 31,844 crore) in the entire of 2024.

Apple has been taking steps to hurry up manufacturing from India to bypass tariffs, which might make telephones shipped from to the US far more costly. In March, it chartered planes to move iPhone 13, 14, 16 and 16e fashions price roughly $2 billion (roughly Rs. 17,213 crore) to america.

Apple has additionally lobbied Indian airport authorities to chop the time wanted to clear customs at Chennai airport within the southern state of Tamil Nadu from 30 hours to 6 hours, Reuters has reported. The airport is a key hub for iPhone exports.

“We count on made-in-India iPhones to account for 25 % to 30 % of world iPhone shipments in 2025, as in comparison with 18 % in 2024,” mentioned Prachir Singh, senior analyst at Counterpoint Analysis.

Tata Electronics, the opposite smaller Apple iPhone provider in India, on common shipped practically 86 % of its iPhone manufacturing to the US throughout March and April, customs information confirmed. Its Might information was not out there.

The corporate, a part of India’s Tata Group, began exporting iPhones solely in July 2024, and solely 52 % of its shipments went to US throughout 2024, the info confirmed.

Tata declined to touch upon the numbers.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in recent times promoted India as a smartphone manufacturing hub, however excessive duties on importing cell phone elements in comparison with many different nations means it’s nonetheless costly to supply the units in India.

Apple has traditionally offered greater than 60 million iPhones within the US every year, with roughly 80 % made in .

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