Overview
- Five factories run by Foxconn, Tata Electronics and Tata Pegatron are building all iPhone 17 models in India, with units shipping worldwide from day one.
- Bloomberg reporting cited by Rest of World says every U.S.-bound iPhone 17 is being produced in India.
- India supplied nearly half of the iPhones sold in the United States last quarter as shipments from India exceeded 11 million compared with roughly 3 million from China.
- Output in the first half of 2025 reached about 23.9 million iPhones with exports valued at $22.56 billion, driven by scaled facilities in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
- Local assembly unlocks PLI cash incentives and avoids the 20% basic customs duty on fully built imports, with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka extending subsidies and other support.