New Delhi: MG Motor India is exploring export opportunities in the UK and South Africa besides drawing up plans to tap right-hand-drive countries in the global automotive market as it prepares for the long term to enhance overseas shipments from India, according to a top company official.
The company, which has started exporting to Nepal, plans to make India as an export hub for the neighbouring markets.
“Though at present, there is a shortage of chips… we need to prepare ourselves for the long term. We wanted to expand our base and make India as export hub for neighbouring markets,” MG Motor India President and Managing Director Rajeev Chaba told PTI.
The company has already started with the Nepal and dispatched the first batch of MG Hector. It will continue with the Hector SUV right now and then add the newly launched mid-sized SUV MG Astor and ZS EV next year, he added.
“So, Nepal is the first country but we are actively exploring other countries in the region, namely, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Also, we have got inquiries from the UK because the UK is right-hand market. So, we are also exploring the opportunity of exporting and MG Hector to the UK,” Chaba said.
