• Wistron, Foxconn, and Pegatron are the Indian companies that assemble iPhone units.
• In southern India, Tata Electronics produces iPhone chassis parts.
• According to reports, Pegatron started producing the iPhone 14 in India in November.

According to two sources close to the Indian government, the government is looking into ways to import some of Apple's iPad production from China. This information was first reported on Monday by CNBC. The report claims that officials and Apple are now speaking. The maker of the iPhone did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. 

The business publication Economic Times reported last month that the Tata Group was in discussions to buy Wistron's sole manufacturing facility in India from Wistron for up to Rs. 5,000 crore, according to those engaged in the negotiations. According to the article, Apple already receives parts from Tata Electronics, a division of the software and hardware behemoth Tata Group, from its Hosur facility in Tamil Nadu, which borders Karnataka. 

Contract manufacturers supplying to American companies are increasingly turning to India and other countries like Mexico and Vietnam amid lockdowns related to COVID in China and rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. Tata and Wistron were reportedly debating establishing a joint venture to manufacture iPhones in India, according to a September Bloomberg article.

 Currently, at least three of Apple's foreign partners—Wistron in Karnataka, Foxconn in Tamil Nadu, and Pegatron in Chennai—assemble iPhones in India. Pegatron, a Taiwan-based Apple contract manufacturer, reportedly began producing the new iPhone 14 in India in November. In India, Foxconn and Pegatron both produce Apple's most recent iPhone 14, with Foxconn beginning production in September. 

A Cupertino, California-based company Apple has made a major investment in the country since it began making iPhones there in 2017 through Wistron and then with Foxconn, in line with the Indian government's desire for domestic manufacturing. 

Apple may produce one in every four iPhones in India by 2025, according to J.P. Morgan analysts, as the tech giant shifts some of its production there in response to rising geopolitical tensions and strict COVID-19 lockdowns.