Xiaomi India marketing head Manu Kumar Jain said today that its Indian manufacturing partner will resume production and reach normal capacity in June after getting the approval from the local government.
Jain said that Foxconn's plant in Sri City has been approved by the Andhra Pradesh government and will resume production soon.
All plants should be up and running," said Jain. Of course, the production ramp-up will be slower, but we hope they'll be up and running soon."
Further, Xiaomi India COO Muralikrishnan said that in the next few days, Xiaomi hopes to start production through various factory partners. The plant has been prepared for health and safety, and supplies will increase with it.
Overall, we expect normal production capacity to return by June," said Muralikrishnan. We will continue to ramp up production." He also added that the parts supply chain is smooth and will not face any problems.
In addition, Muralikrishnan said that Xiaomi will resume sales through offline and online channels in low-risk areas. He said, "Xiaomi Mall (Mi.com) is online and shipping to consumers in low-risk areas."
Muralikrishnan also revealed that millet is usually kept in stock for a few weeks and since manufacturing is about to start, there are no challenges in this regard.
According to Jain, more than 15 percent of Xiaomi's partners are operating. Since Monday, Xiaomi has been operating about 60 percent of its stores in low-risk areas. Xiaomi has about 10,000 offline retail stores in India.
Xiaomi also said that its Indian smartphone sales may have declined in the second quarter of this year, but will rebound in the third quarter.
In the first quarter of this year, Xiaomi sold around 10.3 million smartphones in the Indian market, topping the list with a market share of 30.6 percent.
Vivo came in second place with a market share of 19.9 %. Samsung is ranked third with a market share of 18.9 percent.
