Tamil Nadu tops in electronics exports, by sending smartphones made in Kancheepuram to the U.S.: Data

Tamil Nadu emerges as India's top electronic goods exporter, with smartphones from Kancheepuram driving surge in exports to U.S.

Tamil Nadu, India’s largest exporter of electronic goods in FY23, accounted for 30% of all electronic goods exports from India in FY24. The State is in fact a late bloomer in this sector, with Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka dominating electronic goods exports until FY22. However, in recent years, among the top exporters of electronics, only Tamil Nadu’s numbers have consistently risen, while the figures of other States have either dropped or become stagnant.

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The share of the electronic goods sector in India’s overall exports has more than doubled — mostly due to the rise in Tamil Nadu’s contribution — in recent years. At the core of this rise is the surge in exports of smartphones, which currently forms close to 40% of India’s electronics exports. In the last two fiscal years, close to 40% of smartphones in India were sent out from just one district, Kancheepuram, located in the north-eastern part of Tamil Nadu. Most of these electronic goods, mostly dominated by mobile phones, were exported to the United States, followed by the United Arab Emirates, and the Netherlands.

Chart 1 | The chart shows the electronic goods exported from Tamil Nadu in $ billion, year-wise.

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Between April 2023 and January 2024, Tamil Nadu exported electronic goods worth more than $7.4 billion, close to four times its volume in FY22.

State-wise data