India’s smartphone exports surged 30 percent on-year during the first half of calendar year 2025 to touch 40 million units, powered by a rush of iPhone shipment to the US ahead of the impending 25 percent tariff deadline at the end of August, with Apple’s exports rising 53 percent to cross the 20-million mark in H1CY25 for the first time.
The US alone received more than half of India’s smartphone exports during the period, underscoring the country’s growing role as Apple’s key manufacturing alternative and supply hub outside China.
