India cracks $50B iPhone exports, auto components are the next target with a 5 year CAGR of 14% - what it means for aluminium?

After turning iPhones into a USD 50 billion export success and building a global presence in electronics, India is now trying to answer a harder question: can auto components deliver the same scale of growth in global markets?

The government believes the answer could be yes - but only if the sector can replicate what electronics got right: standards alignment, manufacturing depth and integration into global supply chains.

The confidence to attempt this shift comes from the electronics success history, which is now reinforcing confidence that a similar export breakthrough is possible in auto components. Electronics production rose nearly six-fold from INR 1.9 billion (USD 30.7 million) in 2014 - 15 to INR 1.13 trillion (USD 12.5 billion) in 2024 - 25, while mobile phone exports jumped 127 times to INR 2 trillion (USD 22 billion), making India the world’s second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. Electronics exports expanded eightfold to INR 327 billion (USD 3.62 billion), from INR 38 billion (USD 421 million), and created around 25 lakh jobs.

In FY2024 - 25, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Italy emerged as the top destinations for Indian electronic goods.