Overview

• The Indian government is closely monitoring Foxconn’s Tamil Nadu operations and has fast-tracked visas for replacement technicians to prevent assembly delays.
• Foxconn has commenced trial assembly of the iPhone 17 in India and remains on track for simultaneous day-one production with its China facilities.
• Recalled Chinese engineers have been substituted with Taiwanese, Vietnamese and Indian technicians to maintain high-precision assembly operations.
• Apple’s India output reached 20% of global iPhone production in FY25 and the company aims to exceed 25% by 2026 under its China+1 strategy.
• Foxconn and Tata Electronics are expanding plants under India’s Production Linked Incentive scheme to help boost output to a projected 60 million iPhones in FY26.