According to people in the know, Apple Inc is assured to report a 35 per cent year-on-year surge in its India revenue at nearly Rs 67,000 crore (a little over $8 billion) for 2023-24. The official financial filing is expected to be submitted by September-October to the Registrar of Companies (RoC) by the Cupertino-based tech giant.
Apple India Profits Soar 76.5% in FY23, but Remains Small Slice of Global Pie
Apple reported its Indian revenue at Rs 49,332 crore (nearly $6 billion), marking a 48 per cent rise from the FY22 figure of Rs 33,381 crore (around $4 billion) in FY23.
According to a company filing, Apple, in India, achieved a profit of Rs 2,230 crore in FY23, a 76.5 per cent increase from the Rs 1,263 crore profit in FY22. Apple’s India earnings figure for FY24, however, could not be determined.
An Apple spokesperson fall off to comment on these numbers. Despite the robust growth in this country, Apple’s India share in its overall global sales remained satisfactory — constituting 1.5 per cent of its overall turnover of $389 billion in FY23.
Apple Shifts Production to India, Targets 25% Share by FY26
However, India has emerged as important hub as Apple shifts away more of its iPhone production from China. With exports from India surpassing $10 billion in FY24, the country now accounts for approximately 14 per cent of Apple’s iPhone production value.
Apple aims to grow this share to 23-25 per cent by the end of FY26, leveraging its three vendors — Tata Electronics, Pegatron, and Foxconn — during the final year of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for mobile devices, according to reports. The collective performance of these vendors has notably excelled Apple’s targets under the PLI scheme. For example, the aggregate production value of iPhones assembled in India over the past three years has reached Rs 1,94,800 crore, surpassing the target of Rs 133,493 crore. Likewise, exports from India over the three years have reached an FOB (free on board) value of Rs 140,280 crore, excelling the target of Rs 97,497 crore up to FY24.
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook remains bullish about the burgeoning Indian market, which has been growing at double-digit rates year over year. Cook showed his satisfaction, stating he is “very, very pleased” with the strong double-digit growth in India, describing it as an incredibly “exciting” market and a major focus for the company few months ago.
