Apple's "China Plus One" strategy boosted India's export share, research shows.

The share of US smartphone shipments assembled in China fell to 25 per cent in the April-June period, from 61 per cent a year earlier. India promptly filled in the vacuum, said market analysts.

India has overtaken China as the leading exporter of smartphones to the U.S., as Apple continues to shift production in the face of the Trump administration’s tariffs, according to new research released Monday.

The US will impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from India "plus an unspecified penalty" for buying Russian oil and weapons, President Trump has said. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said the measures would take effect from from 1 August,