Mobile phones to get costlier as govt imposes 10% display duty: ICEA

The objective of the PMP was to facilitate manufacturing of components indigenously and discourage imports thereafter.

Mobile phone prices are expected to rise about 3 per cent as the government has imposed 10 per cent duty on the import of displays, industry body ICEA said on Friday.
 
The duty on display assembly and touch panel was proposed to be applied from October 1 under a phased manufacturing programme (PMP) announced in 2016 in consensus with the industry.
 
“There will be an impact on mobile phone prices between 1.5 and 3 per cent,” industry body India Cellular and Electronics Association  (ICEA) National Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said in a statement. ICEA members include Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi,