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A new plant making iPhones in southern India has started production and another will begin shipments in May, as Apple looks to boost manufacturing beyond its tariff-hit main manufacturing hub, China, sources said.
Apple is positioning India as an alternative manufacturing base to China as a trade war flares between Washington and Beijing, with US President Donald Trump’s more than 100 per cent tariffs on China threatening supply chain disruptions and stoking fears of a rise in iPhone prices.
The Trump administration has so far spared China-made electronics from tariffs, but Washington has signalled that some levies could come in the coming weeks.
A new Tata Electronics plant in Hosur in south India’s Tamil Nadu state started operations in recent days to make older iPhone models on one assembly line.
Another $2.6 billion plant run by Taiwan’s Foxconn that is under construction in Bengaluru, Karnataka state, will also start initial operations with one assembly line within days, according to sources.
One source said around 300-500 iPhone units per hour can be made at the factory where, iPhone 16 and 16e models will be produced. The plant is expected to create 50,000 jobs at full capacity when construction is fully completed, which is expected by December 2027.
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