Indias smartphone exports to US falling: GTRI

New Delhi, September 22 (PTI), the United States, the largest market of India’s smartphone exports, fell from US $ 2.29 billion to USD in August in May.

He said that development is worrying and intuitive because there were no tariffs on smartphones.

“This is demanding an emergency investigation to reveal the real causes of the fall.” He said.

India’s biggest export to the United States, smartphone exports, May 2025’te 2.29 billion US dollars fell by 58 percent, he said.

It was $ 2 billion in June and $ 1.52 billion in July.

In FY2025, the United States remained the best smartphone market in India with USD $ 10.6 billion (44 percent of India’s Global 24.1 billion US exports) and followed by the EU 7.1 billion USD (29.5 percent).

He added that unlit products, which make up 28.5 percent of India’s August exports, decreased from US $ 3.37 billion to USD $ 1.96 billion in May and recorded the sharpest narrowing of 41.9 percent.

Drugs also weakened and exports fell by 13.3 percent to US $ 745 million in August in August 646.6 million fell to USD.

GTRI founder Ajay Srivastava said that the exports of Indian goods, which face high tariffs in the United States, decreased in exports.

Jewelery exports fell by 9.1 percent in August to $ 228.2 million fell to US dollar, adding gold jewelry full of diamonds and polished diamonds also made a negative growth, he said.

Seafood shipments fell by 43.8 percent to USD $ 289.7 million in August in May.

Textile, clothing and exports to the United States decreased by 9.3 percent and shifted from USD $ 943.7 million in August 2025 to 855.5 million USD in August 2025.

Similarly, chemical exports fell to USD 451.9 million by 15.9 percent between May and August 2025.

“August data only reflects the effect of higher tariffs partially – India, 10 percent until August 6, up to 25 percent until August, 10 percent until 25 percent, 10 percent after September, 50 percent after September. September, the first full month … Textile, jewelry and jewels, shrimps, chemicals and solar panels may deepen.” He said.

He said that India’s exports to the United States have fallen for a third plain months – a predictable result of upright tariffs.

“An unexpected accident in uniform exports, such as smartphones and drugs, threatens to remove the success story of India’s flagship Pli.