Nissan has achieved the milestone of shipping out 7 lakh ‘Made in India’ cars to the global market. Nissan has been exporting vehicles from Renault-Nissan Automotive India Ltd. Plant. The cars are exported from Kamarajar Port Ltd. in Chennai.
Nissan has been exporting cars from India since last seven years. India is the major export hub for the carmaker and a major source of part supply. In fact, it ranks in top 4 in the volume of parts shipped within Nissan global operations.
Nissan Micra is the most exported model out of India. Nissan Micra have seen great demand in the overseas market through the years. The Auto Company has various other export models in the product lineup which includes models like Nissan Sunny, Datsun GO, Datsun GO+, Datsun redi-go. The Auto maker ships cars from India to Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and other destinations in Asia and Africa. Looking at the trend other car makers are also exporting made in India vehicles to the International market.
With manufacturing more than million cars and automobile part supply in the country for past few years, Nissan has created tons of employment opportunities in Indian Automobile sector. This has shown a great boost to Prime Minster Modi’s, "Make in India", campaign.
Guillaume Sicard, President, Nissan India Operations, in an official press release said recognition of Indian production quality has never been this great and as a result the appeal to customers on global stage has increased significantly. This is the reason of high demand of "Made in India" cars from the international market. Sicard said that the company is happy to play its part in promoting "Made in India" cars across the world.
Demonstrating its commitment to India, Nissan along with its alliance partner, made a significant investment of Rs 45 billion in a world class manufacturing plant at Oragadam, near Chennai. With Nissan launching 8 new products for the Indian market by 2021, the future is bright and exciting for Nissan India and the "Make in India" campaign as many jobs will be created in the sector and there will be a huge economic boost.
