Xiaomi exec: 99% of Xiaomi phones in Indian market are locally produced

Xiaomi has 7 factories in India and over 99% of Xiaomi smartphones sold in India are produced locally, Manu Kumar Jain, vice president of Xiaomi International and head of Xiaomi India, said in an interview with IANS recently.

Jain said that for India to become a global manufacturing center and more conducive to exports, it must compete with some countries. At present, Xiaomi has launched a small-scale pilot program to export "Indian" Xiaomi smartphones to Bangladesh and Nepal.

Jain also stated that BIS is not a global standard, and India should also invest in laboratories for global standard testing.

Regarding the production of local Xiaomi mobile phones in India, Jain said that Xiaomi currently cooperates with Taiwan's Foxconn and Singapore's Flex to own seven smartphone manufacturing plants in India. Four of them are in Andhra Pradesh, two are in Tamil Nadu, and one is in Noida. More than 99% of Xiaomi smartphones sold in India are locally produced in India.

In addition, smartphone chargers, USB cables and batteries are also almost 100% from India. In terms of smart TVs, in cooperation with Dixon Technologies, a smart TV manufacturing plant was established in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Over 85% of Xiaomi TVs sold in India are locally produced in India.