Some of Foxconn’s factories near Chennai, India, have been approved by Indian authorities to allow an increase in the workforce to meet India’s growing iPhone demand, according to India’s Economic Times.
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The report quoted sources as saying that the Indian government has approved Apple’s application for the use of 40 acres of land for the Foxconn factory in the Chennai Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Products previously produced in SEZs will be exported overseas for preferential tariffs. Once designated, the area will be considered India’s DTA (Domestic Tariff Area), and when iPhone shipments in India continue to grow, Foxconn can increase its workforce and ramp up production to meet local demand.
Foxconn, on the other hand, has been improving living conditions in employee dormitories after a food poisoning incident that led to a months-long shutdown, and all Foxconn dormitories should be approved. Foxconn will reopen in the first week of May.
At a time when Apple’s supply chain from China to India and Vietnam is increasingly diversifying, Reuters reported that Apple has started production of the iPhone 13 at Foxconn’s Indian plant, while Foxconn’s Kunshan plant in China has suspended production due to the intensifying outbreak.
Meanwhile, demand for iPhones in India is on the rise, with IDC data showing that 4.77 million iPhones will be shipped in 2021, a record for Apple in India.
