Chennai Airport Sees 4X Surge in Electronics Exports in First Quarter of 2025
The exports consist of a huge amount of mobile phones including iPhones Sources said.
Chennai Airport Sees 4X Surge in Electronics Exports in First Quarter of 2025
From January through March, Chennai airport's air cargo system has been bustling with activity fueled by the exports of electrical and electronic goods that saw a quadruple increase in the initial 3 months of this year according to Chennai airport statistics.
Over the last week, four freighters have left for the US. "Since Indian exports to the US will incur 26% tax, we're not certain which shipments will start being received from the US in the future. We will have to watch to see if this trend continues," a source said.
Sanyam Chaurasia, senior analyst, Canalys, a global market analyst firm for technology, said that the market anticipates there will be a rise in the number of shipments from India to the US for non-PRO models and entry-level iPhones or the older iPhones. "There could be an growth in the shipments from these devices. India has an advantage in comparison against China or Vietnam. For instance, in the U.S., iPhones feature on the top spot in the list of products that are shipped out of India. The manufacturing facilities here are becoming more advanced and are able to serve markets similar to the US. In terms of Tamil Nadu is concerned, because there is a substantial presence of Apple suppliers in this state and the State definitely has an advantage over other states," he said.
According to the PIB release in January of the year that was released, Tamil Nadu contributes around 30% of India's electronic exports, highlighting its crucial part in the industry. The state has also begun making the latest iPhone - 16 Pro.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has completed quite an amount of upgrading work in the past year to ease the efficient movement of cargo within and out of the Airport. A separate corridor was designed to facilitate the quick transportation for electronics. "Once the shipment reaches the entry point of the cargo facility, it is swiftly offloaded, cleared by customs, scanned and then subsequently sent to the aircraft," sources said.
