Apple Accelerates Plans to Shift US iPhone Production to India by 2026

Apple, India, and the Migration of U.S. Manufacturing

There was a time when “Made in China” felt as inevitable as death and taxes. Not anymore. Apple Corporation, the high priest of global capitalism, is recalibrating its compass, and it now points s

ThePatriotLight - The Great Decoupling: Apple, India, and the Strategic Migration of U.S. Manufacturing

ThePatriotLight - There was a time when “Made in China” felt as inevitable as death and taxes. Not anymore. Apple Corporation, the high priest of global capitalism, is recalibrating its compass, and it now points squarely at India. What once sounded like a contingency plan has hardened into doctrine. As revealed by the Financial Times, Apple intends to shift all iPhone assembly for the U.S. market from China to India by the end of 2026. This is …

The Great Decoupling: Apple, India, and the Strategic Migration of U.S. Manufacturing

Photo Credit:The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public domainIndia offers significant advantages: a pliable workforce that is both young and tech-literate, and perhaps most importantly, a government eager to accommodate U.S. corporate interests.

Apple is planning to significantly reduce production in China. Its iPhone will be manufactured in India due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China. The move of production of 60 million phones intended for the US market will take place by the end of next year, according to The Financial Times.

Apple seeks to import most of the iPhones it sells in the United States from India by the end of next year, accelerating its exit from China in order to reduce risks associated with tariffs and geopolitical tensions.The target would imply Apple doubling its annual production of iPhones in India, surpassing 80 million units, according to people with knowledge of the issue who asked for anonymity.In the fiscal year ending in March 2025, Apple asse…

Apple Could Move All US iPhone Assembly to India in 2026

The iPhone maker is reportedly already in talks with some of the world’s largest manufacturers, like Foxconn and the Tata Group, about making the transition.