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February shipments of foreign-branded phones in China fall 7.7% from a year ago, CAICT data shows

By Thomson Reuters Mar 25, 2026 | 2:09 AM

BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) – Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones ​in China ‌for February, including Apple’s iPhones, fell 7.7% from the ‌same ​month last ⁠year, Reuters ⁠calculations based on data released by a government-affiliated research firm ​on Wednesday showed.

The data from ⁠the China ⁠Academy of ​Information and Communications Technology ​showed shipments of ‌foreign-branded phones within China were at 2.4 million ⁠units in February.

Overall phone shipments in China in ⁠February ‌were down ⁠14.6% year-on-year ​to ‌16.8 million units, ​according to ⁠the data.

(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee; Editing by Christian ​Schmollinger)