India Surpasses China in Smartphone Exports to the United States
NEW DELHI: India has achieved a significant milestone by surpassing China in smartphone exports to the United States. This development, as highlighted in a recent post by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) referencing the research firm Canalys, underscores a pivotal moment in the nation’s manufacturing odyssey.
According to the announcement, initiatives such as Make in India and the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) have been instrumental in transforming the electronics sector. The post elucidates, “Thanks to the initiatives like Make in India and PLI, India is now advancing at a remarkable pace in industrial sectors where it was previously deemed a minor player. Canalys’s report noted that in the second quarter of this calendar year, specifically from April to June, India has eclipsed China in its smartphone exports to the US.”
The announcement reveals that the proportion of smartphones manufactured in India, constituting US imports, surged to 44 percent during the April-June 2025 period. This represents a remarkable escalation from a mere 13 percent during the equivalent quarter of the previous year.
Concurrently, China’s share plummeted from 61 percent a year earlier to a modest 25 percent in the same timeframe.
This remarkable ascent in smartphone exports is the culmination of a decade-long metamorphosis within India’s electronics landscape. The Ministry of Electronics & IT recently detailed this trajectory in a report, illustrating that between the fiscal years of 2014-15 and 2024-25, the electronics and mobile manufacturing sector in India has undergone a spectacular evolution.
Exports have experienced a dramatic uptick, soaring from Rs. 38,000 crore to Rs. 3.27 lakh crore during this interval.
Furthermore, mobile phone production has escalated from Rs. 18,000 crore to Rs. 5.45 lakh crore, while exports have risen from Rs. 1,500 crore to Rs. 2 lakh crore, marking a staggering 127-fold increase. The production of electronic goods itself surged from Rs. 1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 11.3 lakh crore by 2024-25, reflecting a sixfold enhancement.
The ministry further highlighted the explosive growth of the mobile manufacturing ecosystem, with the number of production units expanding from just two in 2014-15 to 300 by 2024-25, a remarkable 150-fold increase.
According to the release, another vital aspect of this metamorphosis is India’s diminishing dependence on imports. In 2014-15, imported mobile phones accounted for 75 percent of total demand. By 2024-25, this reliance had plummeted to a mere 0.02 percent. (ANI)
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