As always, we are happy to present the most comprehensive data from the Indian Auto Industry. India has grown as a viable manufacturing hub for the Automobile OEMs and the lower costs have given the subcontinent a strategic edge. The OEMs have invested heavily in the local manufacturing facilities and Exports give them an opportunity to leverage on the Production Capacity from these plants. India had already beaten China in passenger car exports for the fiscal year 2015-16. According to numbers collated from SIAM statistics, Indian passenger car exports for FY2016 totaled to 532,053 units. This was higher than Chinese passenger car exports for the fiscal – 409,800 units – which were recorded by the China Association Of Automobile Manufacturers. The scenario was equally buoyant in FY17 and Car Exports rose upto 16% in the time period.
The rise in exports was fueled by the OEMs who were struggling in the Domestic Market and Exports was the only option for them to utilize the capacity (and hence become profitable). The Top 5 Exporters included OEMs such as Ford, Nissan & VW whose Indian sales are far from being satisfactory. However, Hyundai retained its No.1 slot and emerged to be the country’s Top Exporter in last fiscal. Find here the OEM-wise export numbers:
Notable volumes recorded by GM, Renault and Mahindra in FY17 – they have realized the benefits of having a strong export base and have taken the right steps to encash it. To our surprise, there was not a single Hyundai model in the Top 5 exported cars list (while Hyundai as an OEM was No.1!). Ecosport led the rankings and was followed by Vento. However, Beat did extremely well and jumped to the 3rd position in the rankings table. Look at the Top 30 exported cars from India:
While the exports of Cars was encouraging; 2 wheeler OEMs struggled in the previous financial year. Two wheeler exports fell by 6% in FY17 when compared to FY16. The de-growth was led by the Top 2-wheeler exporter – Bajaj Auto. Bajaj’s export volumes fell by over 16% and this came at a time where its domestic volumes was also under pressure. This would have surely hit the bottom-line of the Indian OEM and its dependence completely on bikes could be attributed as a reason. Here’s the list of the Top Two Wheeler OEMs in terms of Exports:
The OEM which grew significantly in exports was Honda – and it was led by its scooterette Dio. Also note that Dio was the only scooter in the Top 10 exported Two-wheelers (the next scooter in the rankings was TVS’s Wego and was ranked 16th!). Honda also remains India’s top scooter exporter from the country and about 36 percent of company’s overall exports are scooters! Honda also surpassed Hero’s export numbers by over 1.30 lakh units to become the third largest two-wheeler exporter from India. Hero Moto Corp exported 180,391 units in FY17. Let’s see the Top 30 Two wheeler Export models :
TVS’s exports grew by 1.56 percent as it exported 44,572 units of scooters, over 2.99 lakh units of motorcycles and about 20,152 units of its mopeds. Overall, the company exported about 3.64 lakhs units in FY 17 as against 3.58 lakh units in FY 16. TVS currently exports to over 50 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America!
About 12 percent of the total two-wheelers manufactured in India were exported to global markets. FY17 also saw highest ever exports of scooters at above 2.93 lakh units.