According to a report by India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), India’s mobile phone exports touched $1.8 billion in September 2025, rising 95 per cent year-on-year despite the August–September 2025 period being traditionally slow for global shipments. The strong performance highlights the sustained momentum of India’s smartphone manufacturing and export ecosystem.
For the April–September period, mobile handset exports are estimated to have reached $13.5 billion, compared to $8.5 billion during the same period last year, a growth of more than 60 per cent. ICEA projected that mobile phone exports will touch $35 billion in 2025-26, up from $24.1 billion in 2024-25.
Meanwhile, the report mentioned that the United States, UAE, Austria, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom emerged as the top export destinations. The US alone accounted for nearly 70 per cent of total exports during April–September 2025, up from 37 per cent in the same period last year. Exports to the US surged to $9.4 billion from $3.5 billion a year earlier — a jump of 200 per cent.
Furthermore, Apple’s contract manufacturers in India, including Foxconn (Hon Hai) and Tata Electronics, led the export surge, shipping iPhones worth $10 billion during the April–September period, a 75 per cent increase from $5.71 billion a year ago. Even during the typically lean months of August and September, when production and shipments usually slow down, Apple alone recorded outward shipments worth $1.25 billion, underscoring the growing strength of India’s electronics export base.
