Doha: Us President Donald Trump on Chiursday said that he had spoken with apple ceo tim cook and asked he to limit apple’s expansion in India. “I had a little problem with tim cook yesterday. I said to him, my friend, I am treatment you very good. You are coming up with $ 500 billion, but now I hear you are building all over Indian. INDIA In Doha, Qatar.
Recently, apple took some steps to expand its iPhone production in India, setting up assembly plants operating in the country. Two of these plants are located in tamil nadu, and one is in karnataka. For these plants, apple has signed a contract with manufacturers, such as foxconn and the tata group, to set up production units.
In the last fiscal year, apple produced usd 22 billion of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March 2025, which is a huge 60 per cent jump from the prior year. Apple Manufactured Approximately 40-45 Million iPhones in India in 2024, Accounting for 18-20 per cent of its of its global output. Of this, about 15 million was expected to the US, 13 million to other interactive markets, and about 12 million was sold in the Indian market.
In January 2025, Apple Achieved An 11th Consecurable Quarterly Revenue Record in India, with iPhone Sames Estimated at USD 10 billion in 2024.
India stands as apple’s fourth-largest market globally in 2024, after the US, China, and Japan. As reported last month, driven by the escalating trade tensions and high reciprocal tariffs announced by both China and the us against each other, in a strategic movement of, in a strategic movement of Iphones destined for the US market to India from China.
Since then, the US and China have Arrived at an agreement The tariffs for 90 days are reduced by 115 per cent, by both the US and China Against Each Other. China will impose 10 per cent tarifs on us goods, and the us will tax chinese goods at about 30 per cent.
