{"id":16758,"date":"2025-08-26T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=16758"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:30:55","slug":"apple-defies-trump-with-india-production-plans-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=16758","title":{"rendered":"Apple defies Trump with India production plans \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPhone maker plans to invest $2.5 billion to boost manufacturing in the South Asian country<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apple Inc. is defying US President Donald Trump\u2019s request to reduce manufacturing in India and is planning to invest about $2.5 billion to boost iPhone production in the South Asian country, the Times of India (TOI) reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The newspaper cited Indian government sources as saying that the company would make 60 million iPhones per year in the country, up from the current 40 million.<\/p>\n

In May, Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he didn\u2019t want the tech giant to manufacture in India. \u201cI said to him [Cook], \u2018my friend, I treated you very good. You\u2019re coming here with $500 billion, but now I hear you\u2019re building all over India. I don\u2019t want you building in India,\u2019\u201d<\/em> the US President told reporters in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the company\u2019s quarterly earnings call in May, Cook said the majority of iPhones sold in the US \u201cwill have India as their country of origin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

An Indian government source told TOI this week that such \u201cexpansion plans will continue as previously envisaged.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Imports from India to the US will get more expensive<\/a> as of Wednesday, when Trump\u2019s 50% tariffs come into place. However, smartphones, computers, and other electronics are exempted from these tariffs.<\/p>\n

Apple exported $17 billion-worth of iPhones from India last year and also secured a significant double-digit market share in the country\u2019s domestic premium smartphone sector.<\/p>\n

With more than 60 million iPhones expected to be sold annually in the US by the end of 2026, Apple would need to double production in India, according to analysts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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