What's new

In top gear! Two-wheeler exports highest since FY12

Nilgiri

BANNED
Joined
Aug 4, 2015
Messages
24,797
Reaction score
81
Country
India
Location
Canada
This is about a 20 - 25 billion dollar industry worldwide in exports, India is exporting around the 2 billion range currently here (4th largest after China, Japan and Germany), so this growth is good on a solid base...but long way to go still.

@Viet @Vergennes @Tanveer666 @bluesky @gslv mk3

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...fy12-at-2-8-million-units-118041400816_1.html

In top gear! Two-wheeler exports highest since FY12 at 2.8 million units

The country exported 2.81 million two-wheelers in 2017-18, of which, 2.4 million or about 88 per cent were motorcycles

Two-wheeler exports from India clocked a record high since 2011-12 at 2.8 million units, registering a 20.29 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth, riding primarily on motorcycle exports.

The country exported 2.81 million two-wheelers in 2017-18, of which, 2.4 million or about 88 per cent were motorcycles. Scooters comprised about 11 per cent of the total exports at 314,307 units, growing at 7.34 per cent y-o-y. Moped exports, however, slipped 13.6 per cent to only around 17,412 units. As such, the TVS XL 100 from the TVS stable is the last man standing in the mopeds category in the country. But it, too, saw domestic demand slip 3.5 per cent during 2017-18.

Subrata Ray, senior group vice-president at ICRA, said the growth in exports was primarily on account of geography additions over the years and enhancing market share in these geographies. “Also, players such as Hero MotoCorp and Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India

(HMSI) have taken to motorcycle exports in recent years. And they added to the volumes,” he added.

In the scooters segment, HMSI accounted for over 60 per cent of the total scooter exports at 189,438 units during 2017-18, a 16.5 per cent y-o-y growth.

Y S Guleria, senior vice-president, sales and marketing, HMSI, said, “With a market share of 60 per cent, Honda alone accounts for three out of every five scooters exported from India. Led by Dio, India’s number one exported model, Honda’s exports grew by 17 per cent which is more than double the 7 per cent growth of scooter exports.”

1523725043-5066.jpg


He added that HMSI was not only leading the ‘scooterisation’ in India but was also driving the trend in other markets, especially the SAARC nations. The company is also mining new opportunities in the ‘style-conscious youth’ segment in Latin American countries with its Navi and motorcycle CB Hornet.

India Yamaha Motor, too, saw a 45.5 per cent y-o-y rise in scooter exports during the year, riding on its fuel-efficient variants Cygnus Ray and Fascino and exported 43,025 units in 2017-18.

For motorcycles, Bajaj Auto was the undisputed category leader with exports to 70 countries. Bajaj exported 1.39 million units of motorcycles during the year, a 56 per cent share of total motorcycle exports. Bajaj clocked a 15 per cent y-o-y growth in exports on a high base.

Rakesh Sharma, president of international business at Bajaj Auto, said a combination of factors were responsible behind the export growth — entering new markets, enhancing market share in existing ones and an increased acceptance of the Bajaj brand and its proposition. Sharma added that exports were primarily driven by three models, Boxer, Pulsar and CT. The Pulsar brand, which has seen 13 refreshes since its launch, sold more than 10 million units globally over 16 years in December 2017.

Hero MotoCorp, too, saw a 27 per cent rise in exports of motorbikes in 2017-18, selling 178,156 units overseas. HMSI exported 159,152 units of motorcycles during the year, a growth of 32 per cent.

HMSI’s overall two-wheeler exports crossed 300,000 for the first time in 2017-18, growing 23 per cent. It exported to 27 nations. Guleria added, “The implementation of BS-VI norms in 2020 will open a golden window of opportunity to ‘make in India’ for the world as Indian quality will match global standards.”
 
. . .
.
The largest markets are in Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa:

https://auto.economictimes.indiatim...o-wheeler-exporters-in-india-in-2016/56595336

The 6 largest customers (representing around half of Indian exports by volume in the area):

bike-export-data-report-india-2017-3.png


(Per month export for March 2017)

https://www.exportgenius.in/blog/bike-export-data-and-report-of-india-march-2017-20.php

Damn, BD accounts for almost 18% for indian's exports?
cate.jpg

But then again, it is to be expected.In owning bikes such as Bajaj Pulsar seen as something of a status symbol among the youths, and it has been for more than a decade. And their success should be commended.
 
.
.
I was watching some videos on youtube , some russian dude have done some good modification to his bajaj boxer.
Its seems Indian bikes are really liked by others.
 
Last edited:
.
Damn, BD accounts for almost 18% for indian's exports?
View attachment 467105
But then again, it is to be expected.In owning bikes such as Bajaj Pulsar seen as something of a status symbol among the youths, and it has been for more than a decade. And their success should be commended.

Yep BD bajaj fans have flooded lot of youtube search results lol.

Over time BD if it plays cards correct, can get lot of assembly + manufacture locally over time too from simply its demand pressure (And increase jobs and lower costs for its population in this segment of products)....but BD govt + local companies needs to get focused on how. It is good stepping stone for passenger cars and commercial vehicle strategy too....if you look at the places Maruti-Suzuki for example chose way back on the ground of earlier motorcyle supply chains/SMEs in Faridabad etc...area.

Sri Lanka is surprising,considering its small population of 21 million

They are affluent people relatively speaking and they are not really pushing their economy in this transport production sector (given the land, labour and other constraints compared to other economic sectors)...so they decide to just trade what they are good at for this kind of stuff by the comparative advantages.....and this is sustainable too given the size and proximity of India to them.

@Gibbs @Godman

I was watching some videos on youtube , some russian dude have done some good modification to his bajaj boxer.
Its seems Indian bikes are really liked by others.

The Turks are another one that have lot of great videos on indian bikes, with their mods and also just general travel/discussion vlogging.
 
.
The Turks are another one that have lot of great videos on indian bikes, with their mods and also just general travel/discussion vlogging.

yup and the Colombians, Phillipines, Indonesians,& not to forget Africa too. So glad to see our manufactures used by other nations.

Phillipines vlog for Dominar

Pulsar(rouser)

Bajaj Africa.

bajaj pulsar Turkey

Royal Enfield Russia promotional video

Royal Enfield Indonesia
 
. .
Bajaj will be interesting to watch.

They're shedding the commuter bikes and focusing on low to high level performance bikes and their other projects like KTM, Triumph and Husqvarna.

Bangladesh sales will still see good growth as the country develops. But Hero might capture the export market like they've done in domestic market.
 
. . .
Bangladesh sales will still see good growth as the country develops. But Hero might capture the export market like they've done in domestic market.

why doesn't have a larger piece of the export pie? 5-10 years ago (in BD) Hero Honda Splender was the de facto standard 120/125 CC bike, it was quite popular among the typical middle class bike owners. But now after the new "HERO" branding, I hardly see them. Does Hero suffer the same issue in India?
 
.
why doesn't have a larger piece of the export pie? 5-10 years ago (in BD) Hero Honda Splender was the de facto standard 120/125 CC bike, it was quite popular among the typical middle class bike owners. But now after the new "HERO" branding, I hardly see them. Does Hero suffer the same issue in India?

Ya... the reason now Consumers have lots of options to choose from...
 
.
Back
Top Bottom