The iPhone maker is reportedly already in talks with some of the world’s largest manufacturers, like Foxconn and the Tata Group, about making the transition.

Apple has already stepped up production in India to beat U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, shipping some 600 tons of iPhones worth $2 billion to the United States in March.

Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider's guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise, delivered weekly.Apple Inc. aims to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year,