Now, Oppo and Vivo likely to make key parts locally in next one year

Companies had lobbied hard for the postponement of the import duty to April 1, 2020, instead of it being implemented on February 1, 2019

Mobile phone makers Oppo and Vivo, both from Guanzhou-based BBK Electronics, are likely to follow their South Korean rival Samsung in making key components locally in the next one year. The move comes as the Centre deferred the imposition of duties on crucial parts, sources told Business Standard. 

Companies, it is learnt, had lobbied hard for the postponement of the import duty to April 1, 2020, instead of it being implemented on February 1, 2019. 

Samsung will begin making components from April 2020, once the duty kicks in. Production will start at its Noida facility, which is also its largest