India Postponed The Legal Process Of Taxation On Touch Panel Imports That Should Have Come Into Effect This Month

Beijing time on February 10 News, China touch screen network news, the Indian government postponed the import tax on smart phone touch panels. The Indian government has announced a delay in the legal process of tax on touch panel imports, which should have taken effect this month, which will affect smartphone manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung. According to Reuters, assuming the Indian Ministry of Finance agrees with the proposal of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the tax will begin on April 2020. In the "Made in India" campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Mo, the government has been gradually increasing the import tax on telephone parts to stimulate enterprises to build local manufacturing.
Obviously, other members of Apple and India's mobile phone Association brought their influence last month, believing that touch panel taxes and other government measures could damage their business. Samsung wrote to the government, claiming that it could not produce two high-end mobile phones containing this tariff. Samsung is expected to open an Indian touch panel assembly plant by the end of March 2020. I don't know if this can explain the delay.
Despite some successes in industry complaints about "Made in India", India is now second only to China in telephone production, including Samsung, OPPO and Apple assembly partners Foxconn and Weichuang, the regulatory agency ICEA itself acknowledged that "Make in India" has created more than 0.6 million jobs.
Apple's mobile phone accounts for only 1% of India's smartphone market, which is usually attributed to the combination of low-cost competition and high iPhone prices, which is aggravated by import costs. For many years, the company has adopted selling outdated hardware in this market as a solution-Weichuang is currently assembling iPhone SE and 6s in the country.
Foxconn is considering moving some of its iPhone production to India, which will bring double benefits, that is, reducing import costs, reducing dependence on traditional supply chains, and meeting local procurement requirements.