Indo German Economic
Cooperation
Rajesh Nath
Managing Director
VDMA India
Slide 1
India is more than nine times bigger than
Germany
Cities / Villages:
3.800 cities,
36 cities with more than 1 Mio. citizens;
More than 500.000 villages
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India 3.3 Mio. sq.km = 100%
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Austria
Benelux
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Spain
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Euroland 2.4 Mio. sq.km = 73%
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North-South : over 3200 Km
East-West :
over 2800 Km
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84
75
338
544
357
70
301
92
505
Slide 2
Destination of German mechanical engineering
exports with the absolutely highest increase
in mill. Euro / in percent / ranking*
China
23,2
1
USA
21,4
2
Russian Fed.
32,9
4
France
15,4
3
Turkey
28,4
12
17,6
11
22,3
16
18,3
13
10,5
6
10,6
7
12,2
10
India
Brazil
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
Austria
Poland
0
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
4.000
January -December 2011/2010
* Ranking of destination countries
Source: Federal Statistical Office Germany, VDMA
Slide 3
Development of German Mechanical
Engineering Exports to India, 1985 - 2011
in bn. Euro
4,0
bn. €
3,5
3,0
2,5
2,0
1,5
1,0
0,5
0,0
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Source: VDMA
Slide 4
Development of German Mechanical
Engineering Imports from India 1985 - 2011
in mio. Euro
400
Mio.€
350
300
250
200
,
150
100
50
0
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Source: VDMA
Slide 5
German Mechanical Engineering Export
to Asia 2011
share in %
others 15,8
Hongkong 1,9
Iran 2,4
VA-Emirates 2,7
China 45,7
Singapore 3,3
Saudi-Arabia 3,6
Taiwan 4,0
ogether:41,2
Japan 4,5
Korea 7,2
India 8,9
altogether: 41.2 bn. Euro
Source: Federal Statistical Office Germany , VDMA
Slide6
Indo - German Trade - a success story
Mechanical Engineering Imports of India, 2010
share in %
20,2
19,9
China
16,2
17,3
Germany
11,4
Japan
8,3
9,2
USA
11,8
7,3
7,2
Italiy
6,7
Korea
4,4
0
5
10
15
2010: 12,2 bn.
20
€
2009: 13,3 bn.
25
€
Source: Federal Statsitical Office Germany, VDMA
Slide7
Headquarters of German companies in India
(total: 800)
Rajasthan (6)
Madhya Prad. (5), Kerala (5); 1%
2%
Punjab (3), Goa (2),
Andra Pradesh 3% (27)
Chandigarh (1); 1% (5)
Haryana 2% (17)
West Bengal6% (45)
Maharashtra
36% (280)
Gujarat 6% (48)
Uttar Pradesh
7% (53)
Karnataka
10% (78)
Delhi
13% (101)
Tamil Nadu
13% (105)
Source: M+V
Slide 8
Export of German Machinery to India
 In 2011, the bilateral trade between India and Germany reached Euro 18.4
billion
 The machinery export was approx Euro 3.69 billion. This was an increase of
about 18% in comparison to 2010
In 2011 among the machinery sectors, major demand of German equipment
was for the following 5 sectors:
 Power Transmission (10.5%),
 Material Handling (7.6%),
 Textile Machinery (7.5%),
 Machine Tools (7.2%) and
 Construction Equipment & Building Material Machinery (5.4%)
 Further machinery demand in sectors like Plastics, Paper & Printing, Food
Processing and Packaging are growing steadily
Slide 9
World Trade Shares in Export
 Germany is the export world champion having 16.8 % share
 Japan:12.1% share
 United States of America:12% share
 China: 9.7% share
 Italy: 7.9% share
Slide 10
VDMA - The German Engineering Federation
 Largest Industry Association
in Europe
 More than 3.200 members which stand
for (all figures: 2011)

920.000 Employees

201 billion Euros production
70% export rate roughly
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 39 special sectors
 Representative offices
in Berlin, Brussels, Tokio, Beijing,
Kolkata and Moscow
May 2012
Slide 11
Activities and Services of the VDMA India
Services Pvt. Ltd.
 Acts as a “bridge-head” between the
German and Indian industry.
 Organizing symposia and presentations
of German technology.
 Participating in and servicing bilateral
programs with governmental participation
between Germany and India.
 Assisting Indian companies to identify
right partners in Germany
 Providing information on market trends,
prospects, future development, new
projects and tenders.
 Facilitating Tie-Ups / Joint Ventures /
Collaborations
May 2012
Slide 12
VDMA Quarterly Newsletter
 VDMA publishes Quarterly Newsletter – German Machinery Industry
 Around 8000 copies of this Newsletter is circulated to MDs/ CEOs /Head of
divisions of Indian industries in various engineering sectors.
 It reaches to VDMA Member companies (500), Indo German Companies,
German Embassy & Consulates, Ministry & official bodies and various
Industrial Associations in India
 It is related to different sectors like Steel & Metallurgy, Mechanical Power
Transmission, Valves, Energy, Machine Tools, Textile, Construction
Equipment & Infrastructure industry, Fluid Power, Process & Chemical
industry, Plastic & plastic processing industry, Food processing &
Packaging to name a few.
May 2012
Slide 13
VDMA in India
 VDMA Office in Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai promotes the IndoGerman trade in mechanical engineering machinery.
Mr. Rajesh Nath, Managing Director
German Engineering Federation
GC-34, Sector III, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata-700106, India
Tel. 0091-33-3219522
Fax 0091-33-3217073
E-Mail: vdmaindia@eth.net
Mr. Sumit Sharma, Regional Manager
Noida
Phone 0120-4255029
E-Mail: sh.sumit@yahoo.com
Ms. Jamly John, Regional Manager
Mumbai
Phone 09819045109
E-Mail: jamly.vdma@gmail.com
May 2012
Slide 14
Thank you for your
Attention
&
Shuvo Durga Puja
Seite 15 • 29th June 2012