New Delhi: US tech large Apple achieved a serious milestone beneath India’s smartphone manufacturing‑linked incentive (PLI) scheme, with the corporate’s iPhone exports crossing $50 billion by December 2025, business information confirmed. The determine is anticipated to rise additional, with three months nonetheless remaining in Apple’s 5‑12 months PLI window. Within the first 9 months of FY26, iPhone exports stood at practically $16 billion, pushing cumulative shipments throughout the PLI interval past the $50‑billion mark.

By comparability, Samsung exported gadgets value round $17 billion throughout its 5‑12 months eligibility interval beneath the scheme from FY21 to FY25. Apple’s manufacturing footprint within the nation contains 5 iPhone meeting vegetation — three operated by Tata Group entities and two by Foxconn — supported by a provide chain of round 45 firms, together with many MSMEs supplying parts for home and international operations.

Pushed largely by iPhone shipments, which contributed about 75 per cent of whole smartphone exports, smartphones rose to India’s single largest export class in FY25, up from their rank of 167 amongst export gadgets in 2015.

India grew to become the world’s second-largest cell phone producer, with greater than 99 per cent of telephones bought domestically now Made in India. India has moved up the manufacturing worth chain.

The smartphone PLI scheme is scheduled to conclude in March 2026, although the federal government is reportedly exploring methods to increase help. Below revised guidelines, firms have been allowed to assert incentives for any 5 consecutive years inside a six‑12 months interval.

Apple’s suppliers and Samsung have been additionally chosen beneath the electronics element manufacturing scheme, with the latter set to ascertain a show module sub‑meeting unit, anticipated to generate employment for about 300 individuals. Apple bought about 6.5 million iPhone 16 items within the first 11 months of 2025, making it the nation’s highest‑promoting smartphone, in line with a brand new report.

The report from Counterpoint Analysis mentioned that Apple outpaced Android rivals in the identical interval. The analysis agency’s information discovered the hole is hanging because the iPhone 15 additionally made it to the highest 5 finest‑promoting record.