US third-largest car market for India in FY18 after Mexico, South Africa

Ford recently took over Korean carmaker Hyundai to become the biggest exporter of passenger vehicles from India

Ajay Modi  |  New Delhi 

The US has quietly raced to become the third-biggest market for passenger vehicles (cars, utility vehicles, and vans) manufactured in India during the financial year ended March 31, 2018. With just $3 million worth of exports, the nation did not even figure in the top 80 markets in the previous year.

But the value of shipments, according to the commerce ministry data, grew multiple times to $654 million (Rs 45 billion approx.) in 2017-18, thanks to a single product from one carmaker, Ford. The auto firm started exporting the EcoSport, the compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufactured ...

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First Published: Mon, July 16 2018. 01:38 IST