A new plant making iPhones in southern India has started production and another will begin shipments in May, reports Reuters.
The new Tata facility in Hosur is already operating and has apparently begun manufacturing within the last few days. Separately, a US$2.6 billion plant being built by Apple’s largest iPhone manufacturer, Foxconn, is about to open. Based in Bengaluru, in India’s Karnataka state, the new Foxconn facility is to start initial operations with a single assembly line soon, according to Reuters.
The Foxconn plant is expected to produce the iPhone 16 and 16e. Reuters says it’s expected to ultimately add 50,000 jobs to the area when it’s fully operational by 2027.
This is part of Apple’s plans to Apple is accelerating its manufacturing shift away from China to avoid Trump-imposed tariffs. The tech giant plans to source all U.S.-bound iPhones in India by the end of 2026, according to the Financial Times (a subscription is required to read the article).
Apple nearly doubled its iPhone exports from India in March as part of its efforts to stock up inventory ahead of the tariffs announced by the Trump administration. iPhone shipments from India for the month surged to INR 20,000 Cr from INR 11,000 Cr a year earlier, the article adds. According to preliminary export data, Apple’s vendors exported iPhones worth nearly INR 1.5 lakh Cr in FY25, up from INR 85,000 Cr in the previous fiscal year, according to Inc42.
Apple has been making progress in assembling iPhones in India. Last year, it started making the iPhone 16 Pro in the country within days of its official launch. Earlier, Apple could only start assembling a Pro model in India a few months after its release.
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