Overview

• Apple chartered cargo flights to transport 600 tons of iPhones, equivalent to 1.5 million units, from India to the United States since March 2025.
• The Foxconn plant in Chennai, India, extended operations to Sundays to achieve a 20% production boost, producing 20 million iPhones last year.
• Customs clearance times at Chennai airport were reduced from 30 hours to six hours through lobbying efforts and support from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
• India now accounts for roughly 20% of iPhone imports to the U.S., driven by a 125% tariff on Chinese imports compared to a 26% tariff on Indian imports, currently on hold.
• Six cargo jets, each with a 100-ton capacity, have been deployed to expedite shipments, with most deliveries arriving in major U.S. cities like Chicago and Los Angeles.