Just last week , a account claimed that Apple had programme to open four memory in India by the closing of 2017 .
Not so fast , says India ’s fiance ministry .
Two governance officialstold theWall Street Journalthat the ministry has reject another politics panel ’s recommendation that Apple should n’t have to follow with local sourcing rules .
“ We are sticking to the old insurance policy , “ one of the official told theWSJ . “ We require local source for job foundation . You ca n’t have a spot where people view India only as a market place . permit them start doing some manufacturing here . ”
India ’s linguistic rule only allow 100 - percent foreign possession in a exclusive - brand retail store like the Apple Store if they source 30 pct of their product locally . Earlier this year , Apple corroborate that it had filed an applications programme to set up at least one store , and the government does conceive exemptions to the local sourcing rule on a subject - by - font groundwork .
If Apple ca n’t get an exemption , it probably ca n’t open up any stores in India . This newsworthiness comes a few weeks after India ’s authorities rule out Apple ’s diligence to sell refurbished iPhones there , even if Apple certify them and give each a new sequent number .
Why this weigh : India is very important to Apple ’s future growth . The smartphone market there is the third largest in the world , and growing fast — smartphone penetration is only at 30 percentage , according to IDC . In the 4th poop of 2015 , 25.6 million phone were sold in the land , a 15.4 percent growth over the previous year , also harmonize to IDC . Samsung has the most market percentage , abide by by Native American marketer Micromax , and Apple is n’t in the top five . But in the first quartern of this year , iPhone sales in India saw 56 percent growth year - on - year .
Apple opened a developent office in Hyderabad earlier this year , with 150 employees , plus contractors , working on Apple Maps . Tim Cook recently visited the country , and announced another quickness in Bangalore , to be holler a Design and Development Accelerator , aimed at supporting the large iOS exploitation residential area there .
