Apple assembled $14B in iPhones in India in FY2024. A $15B local component industry vs China's $300B creates cost and subsidy friction for the 25% shift goal.
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Apple assembled about $14 billion worth of iPhones in India in the fiscal year ended March 2024, up from $7 billion a year earlier. The share of global iPhone production from India reached roughly 14%, up from single digits. Foxconn's Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai now produces the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus. Pegatron and Tata Electronics run secondary assembly lines.
The real constraint sits below the assembly lines. India's electronics component industry – connectors, camera modules, printed circuit boards, displays, and passive parts – generates about $15 billion in annual output. China's component industry exceeds $300 billion. The gap means the vast majority of components still arrive from Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Zhengzhou.
That creates two problems. First, logistics eat into the cost advantage of Indian assembly. Second, the Indian government's production-linked incentive scheme rewards local value addition. The more components Apple sources from China, the less it qualifies for the full subsidy.
Apple has pushed its contract manufacturers to bring their own component suppliers to India. Foxconn encouraged Taiwanese parts vendors to set up in Tamil Nadu. The pace has been slow. Land acquisition and state-level approvals remain slow; power reliability is another friction point. A supplier told local media last year that setting up a capacitor plant in India took 18 months longer than a comparable facility in Vietnam.
In August 2024, India approved a $2.7 billion package to build a semiconductor assembly and testing facility – a step toward the deeper ecosystem Apple needs. That plant will not produce chips for iPhones for at least two years.
Apple's consumer story in India is strong. Revenue hit a record $8.7 billion in fiscal 2024. The company opened two retail stores in Mumbai and Delhi. The supply-chain story is catching up. Apple's own timeline for shifting 25% of iPhone production to India by 2027 depends on how fast the component ecosystem can grow underneath the assembly lines.
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