India’s smartphone exports reached a record high of 7.72 billion dollars in the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26, marking a 58 percent rise compared to 4.9 billion dollars in the same period last year.
Apple Inc. played a major role in this growth, exporting iPhones worth 6 billion dollars through its contract manufacturers. This represents an 82 percent increase from the previous year, with Apple alone contributing nearly 78 percent of all smartphone exports during the quarter.
The country’s smartphone export value has seen remarkable growth over recent years. From 3.1 billion dollars in financial year 2021, the figure rose to 24.1 billion dollars by 2025. Of this, Apple accounted for 17.5 billion dollars, further solidifying its dominant role in India’s electronics export landscape.
Other key contributors included Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of Dixon Technologies, which exported smartphones worth 175 million dollars, and Samsung, which made up 12 percent of the total smartphone exports.
This steep rise in smartphone exports is largely credited to the Production-Linked Incentive scheme introduced in 2020. The scheme has successfully boosted domestic manufacturing by providing incentives to companies producing high-value electronics in India.
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