Apple's iPhone exports from India increase 82% to $6 billion in Q1

Total smartphone exports hit record $7.7 bn despite US tariff threat

Apple Inc, through its vendors, exported iPhones worth $6 billion from India during the April-June 2025 quarter, growing a staggering 82 per cent over the same period last year, according to data shared by the vendors with the government. Exports stood at only $3.2 billion in the same period a year ago.

 

As a result, despite the looming tariff threat from US President Donald Trump, India’s smartphone exports surged by 58 per cent in the same quarter, reaching $7.72 billion, up from $4.9 billion in Q1 of FY25, according to industry estimates.

 

The first quarter of FY26 marks the highest