Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that electronic exports from the country will exceed Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that electronic exports from the country will exceed Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025. It is expected to increase further after the production of four semiconductor plants starts this year. According to official estimates, electronic production will reach about Rs 11.3 crore in 2024-25 and exports will be about Rs 3.3 lakh crore. Vaishnav informed on social media platform on Monday that electronic exports will exceed Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025, thereby creating employment and earning foreign exchange. This momentum will continue in 2026 as four semiconductor plants begin commercial production. The country’s electronic manufacturing sector is currently dominated by the mobile phone industry. According to industry estimates, more than 25 lakh people are employed in the electronic sector.
iPhone exports cross Rs 2 lakh crore
The minister shared a report in which it was told that iPhone exports from India have reached Rs 2.03 lakh crore in 2025. This is almost double the Rs 1.1 lakh crore exported by Apple in the year 2024. According to India Cellular and Electronics Association, the industry body of mobile manufacturers, mobile phone production in the country is expected to reach US $ 75 billion (about Rs 6.76 lakh crore) by the end of the current financial year 2025-26. This will include exports worth 30 billion US dollars or about Rs 2.7 lakh crore. Mobile phones worth Rs 5.5 lakh crore were produced in the country in 2024-25 and exports from this sector stood at about Rs 2 lakh crore.
How much will mobile phone production reach?
Neel Shah, co-founder and vice president of research at market research and analysis company Counterpoint, said Apple has become an important symbol of India’s success by expanding its manufacturing and taking exports from India to a record high following the US tariffs on China. Shah said that mobile phone production in India will reach about 300 million units and one out of every four smartphones produced in India will be exported in 2025.
What was the lead in iPhone in India?
According to International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker for Q3 2025, Apple recorded its highest ever supply of 5 million iPhones for the domestic market in this quarter. Apple is leading both the premium (smartphones priced between Rs 53,000-71,000 per unit) and super-premium (smartphones priced above Rs 71,000 per unit) segments, which drove the growth of the country’s smartphone market in the July-September quarter.