India’s Record Electronics Export: China, which has dominance in the field of electronics, is earning huge profits by exporting it all over the world. But now it is facing a direct challenge from India. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that electronic exports from the country have crossed the figure of Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025 and it is expected to increase further in the coming time. He said that electronic exports will get an additional boost after the commercial production of four semiconductor plants starts in 2026.
According to official estimates, the country’s total electronic production will reach about Rs 11.3 lakh crore in the financial year 2024-25, while exports will be around Rs 3.3 lakh crore. Posting on social media on Monday, Vaishnav said that electronic exports have crossed Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025, which has created employment opportunities and earned foreign exchange. This pace will continue in 2026 also as four semiconductor plants will start production.
Challenge to China’s supremacy
The mobile phone industry continues to dominate the electronic manufacturing sector of the country. According to industry estimates, more than 25 lakh people are getting employment in this sector. According to a report shared by the minister, iPhone exports from India will increase to Rs 2.03 lakh crore in the year 2025, which is almost double the export of Apple of Rs 1.1 lakh crore in 2024.
India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), the industry organization of mobile manufacturers, estimates that by the end of the financial year 2025-26, mobile phone production in India will reach $ 75 billion (about Rs 6.76 lakh crore). Out of this, about 30 billion dollars i.e. about Rs 2.7 lakh crore will be exported. In the financial year 2024-25, mobile phones worth Rs 5.5 lakh crore were produced in the country, while exports from this sector stood at about Rs 2 lakh crore.
Apple’s tremendous expansion
Neel Shah, co-founder and research vice chief of market research firm Counterpoint, says that after the US tariffs were imposed on China, Apple has rapidly expanded its manufacturing in India and exported at record levels, making it an important symbol of India’s manufacturing success. He said that the production of mobile phones in India will reach about 300 million units and in 2025, one out of every four smartphones made here will be exported.
According to International Data Corporation (IDC)’s ‘Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker’ report for the third quarter of 2025, Apple recorded the highest ever supply of 5 million iPhones for the domestic market during this period. Apple’s strong hold in the premium and super-premium segments in the July-September quarter gave new impetus to the growth of India’s smartphone market.
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