Made in India smartphone shipments develop 7% in Q1 2022

Shipments of smartphones made in India crossed over 48 million within the first quarter of 2021, in line with a brand new report by market analysis agency Counterpoint Research. According to the report, shipments of units made within the nation grew by 7% year-on-year (YOY) through the quarter, whereas manufacturing of function telephones declined by 41% YOY.

Prachir Singh, senior analysis analyst at Counterpoint Research, attributed the expansion of telephones made in India to an rising demand for smartphones within the nation, together with a rise in exports. He stated that producers who’ve arrange store within the nation shipped over 190 million models in 2021.

“In the smartphone phase, the third-party digital manufacturing companies (EMS) suppliers captured 42% share in native manufacturing, registering 4% YoY progress by way of shipments,” he stated.

In phrases of EMS suppliers within the nation, the Indian arm of Taiwanese Foxconn, referred to as Bharat FIH, was the highest EMS supplier in India within the first quarter of 2022, in line with Singh. Homegrown Dixon Technologies adopted within the smartphone manufacturing phase, although Lava made probably the most made in India function telephones, with 21% market share.

Among manufacturers, Chinese Oppo shipped probably the most variety of made in India smartphones through the quarter, adopted by Samsung. The two smartphone makers had 22% and 21% market share, respectively, within the total variety of made in India smartphones shipped right here.

The cell phone manufacturing trade in India has been spurred over the previous two years, after the Indian authorities launched a manufacturing linked incentive (PLI) scheme for producers. Under this, the federal government provides manufacturing companies 4-6% money incentives for incremental gross sales of products manufactured in India over the bottom 12 months of 2019-20. 

While the scheme was launched in 2020, most PLI candidates failed to satisfy the targets final 12 months, following widespread provide chain shortages, pandemic-driven lockdowns and different constraints. The authorities, in flip, selected to increase the scheme’s tenure to 2025-26, versus the sooner 2024-25 finish date.

“Going ahead, we consider India’s handset manufacturing will develop 4% YoY in 2022,” Counterpoint stated in its report. Industry estimates say that India at present has the capability to supply someplace between 300 to 350 million cell phones yearly, together with each smartphones and have telephones.

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