Apple is now manufacturing 25% of its iPhones in India — hitting a milestone JPMorgan predicted again in 2022 — as a part of its long-term plan to scale back its reliance on China, Bloomberg reported.
Final yr, India accounted for 55 million iPhones of the roughly 220 million to 230 million produced worldwide, Bloomberg’s report said. Apple has additionally moved shortly to deepen that dedication: it started making the whole iPhone 17 lineup in India forward of final September’s launch, and Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner mentioned nearly all of U.S. demand is now fulfilled by India-made iPhones.
That shift accelerated in 2025, as Apple confronted uncertainty in China as a result of ever-changing U.S. tariff guidelines, pushing it to diversify manufacturing throughout a number of international locations. The stakes had been excessive sufficient that President Donald Trump personally warned Cook dinner in opposition to increasing additional in India at a enterprise summit in Doha in Might.
India can also be turning into an necessary client marketplace for Apple. The corporate shipped 14 million items there final yr, up 9% year-over-year, in line with analyst agency Counterpoint. Individually, Bloomberg famous that complete iPhone gross sales in the country surpassed $9 billion final yr. Apple is reportedly in talks to launch Apple Pay in India this yr and opened its sixth Indian store last month.
