Apple has confirmed that its investment plans in India remain unchanged despite US President Donald Trump urging CEO Tim Cook not to expand its manufacturing operations in the country.
Apple confirms investment plans in India
The tech giant has assured Indian government officials of its continued commitment to India as a major manufacturing base.
Reportedly, Government sources specified that Apple executives quickly clarified their position after President Trump’s remarks. [Source: Free Press Journal]
The company stressed it plans to keep expanding manufacturing in India, which is already becoming an important production hub for Apple products, especially iPhones.
Currently, 15 per cent of the global iPhone output is made in India. Major Apple suppliers like Foxconn, Tata Electronics, and Pegatron India are actively assembling iPhones. Foxconn has also started producing AirPods in Telangana for export.
Donald Trump said during a business event in Doha, Qatar, that he had confronted Apple CEO Tim Cook about the company's expanding operations in India.
"I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday. I said to him, my friend, I am treating you very good… but now I hear you are building all over India. I don't want you building in India," Trump shared.
The US President added that he had told the Apple boss, "India can take care of themselves" and that his company should instead be "upping their production in the United States."
Despite Donald Trump’s remarks, India's electronics industry remains confident.
Rajoo Goel, Secretary General of the Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA), downplayed potential impacts, telling CNBC-TV18, "It may slow things down a bit, but I really don't think it is going to impact India that much."
Further, Goel characterised the US President’s comments as "just a statement" and expressed optimism that the US President "might change his stance."
In 2024, Tim Cook’s company sold about 75.9 million iPhones in the US. In March 2025 alone, the company shipped 3.1 million iPhones from India, mostly to the US market. Reportedly, 97.6 per cent of Apple phones exported from India in March went to the US to avoid possible tariff increases.
Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier shared that most iPhones sold in the US this quarter would come from India, while those for other markets would mostly be made in China.
India’s Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared that iPhones worth ₹1.5 lakh crore were exported from India in FY 2025. The growing Apple ecosystem in the country has created about 2 lakh jobs across various companies.
The tech leader will continue to expand manufacturing in India despite President Trump’s push for more US production.
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