SME Times News Bureau | 26 Apr, 2010
The Indian subsidiary of the Japanese Nissan Motor Company has taken the first step to export vehicles from its plant near here by shipping out six Micra cars as test consignment to Spain.
"Trial transportation for exports is a very important milestone for us as we gear up for exports to Europe from second half of 2010," Kiminobu Tokuyama, Nissan Motor India managing director, said in Chennai on Monday.
The company shipped out the cars Saturday.
India will be one of the a major production hubs for Nissan Motors as it plans to ship cars made near here to more than 100 countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
Nissan Motors plans to export around 110,000 cars out of India in 2011 and increase it to 180,000 in the future.
Tokuyama said production of the Micra for the domestic market will begin next month and for the export market in July.
