Almost all the iPhones exported by Foxconn from India went to the United States between March and May, a customs data was shown, a clear indication of Apple’s efforts to bypass the high American tariffs above 50 percent at 2024 average and the high American tariffs imposed on China.
Number being reported by Reuters for the first time, show Apple The export of its India is almost presented to the service of the US market, almost especially when the first devices were widely distributed in countries including the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Britain.
During March-May, Foxconn Export Iphone According to commercially available customs data viewed by Reuters, $ 3.2 billion (about 27,547 crore rupees) from India, which has been sent to the United States on an average, compared to the 2024 average of 50.3 percent.
In May 2025, the India iPhone shipment by Foxconn in the United States was priced at around $ 1 billion (about Rs 8,608 crore), which was the second highest after the record of equipment sent in March after the record $ 1.3 billion (about Rs 11,191 crore).
Apple refused to comment, while Foxconn did not respond to a recital request for the comment.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China will face 55 percent tariffs after the two countries agreed to a plan, subject to the approval of both leaders, to reduce the levy reaching triple marks.
India, like most American trading partners, is the subject for a baseline 10 percent tariff and then Trump announced and then announced a stop in April. 26 percent “mutual” is being tried to negotiate an agreement to stop the “mutual” levy.
Apple’s increased production in India made a strong rebuke from Trump in May. Recalling the CEO, Trump said, “We are not interested in you in India, India can take care of itself, they are very good, we want you to build here.” Tim Cook,
In the first five months of this year, Foxconn has already sent a price of $ 4.4 billion (about Rs 37,878 crore) from India to $ 3.7 billion (about Rs 31,844 crore) compared to $ 4.4 billion (about Rs 37,878 crore).
Apple is taking steps to accelerate production from India to bypass tariffs, which will make the phones sent from China to the US more expensive. In March, it chartered planes for transportation iPhone 13, 14, 16 And 16 E Models of approximately $ 2 billion (about Rs 17,213 crore) for the United States.
Apple has also advocated Indian airport officials, which is to cut the time required to reduce the customs duty from 30 hours to six hours at Chennai Airport in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, described by Reuters. The airport is a major center for iPhone exports.
Prakir Singh, senior analyst of Counterpoint Research, said, “We expect India iphones in 2025 compared to 25 percent to 30 percent to 30 percent of the global iPhone shipment in 2024.”
Tata Electronics, other small Apple iPhone suppliers in India, on an average showed about 86 percent of their iPhone production and sent to the US during April, showed customs data. Its May data was not available.
India’s Tata Group part started exporting iPhones to the company only in July 2024, and only 52 percent of its shipments went to us during 2024, showing data.
Tata refused to comment on numbers.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promoted India as a smartphone manufacturing center in recent years, but on importing mobile phone components compared to many other countries, high duties mean that producing equipment in India is still expensive.
Apple has historically sold over 60 million iPhones every year in the US, with about 80 percent of the China.
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