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Ahead of the Budget, industry body ICEA, whose members include Apple, Foxconn, Dixon, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo, has urged the Centre to slash import duties on components, wearables and capital equipment used in phone manufacturing.
Citing China’s export curbs on manufacturing machinery, ICEA wants the existing zero-duty on key production tools to be extended to all sub-assemblies and parts, arguing domestic substitutes don’t exist and current tariffs raise capex by ~7.5–20%. The ask aims to lower handset costs, de-risk supply chains, and keep India’s phone-production ramp competitive.
