Madan also noted that the construction segment is displaying remarkable growth and will likely register 40-50 percent growth backed by the government's infrastructure spend.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts said that they expect the growth to be better next year.
The Indian tractor industry could clock strong double-digit volume growth this year provided monsoons pan out as well as expected, said Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
Government impetus on construction equipment, railways and agriculture in the Budget will keep Escorts' growth trajectory going for the next 2-3 years, says CFO Bharat Madan.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of Escorts said that retail numbers at all-time high of over 13,000 units.
While the strong sales number posted by Escorts in September was largely due to pre-festival exuberance, industry growth has also been fairly good for the last 5-6 months, says Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller at Escorts.
The tractor sales of Escorts peaked in FY14, when it sold around 69,000 tractors. Madan feels this year the company may report similar numbers. It has sold close to 16,300 tractors in the first quarter.
Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller, Escorts is confident of the company clocking a run rate of 5000 units per month for this fiscal year.
Following the rating upgrade on short term credit as well, the company plans to launch a commercial paper shortly, says Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of Escorts
Engineering and farm equipment major Escorts on Tuesday reported a 42.57 percent dip in its standalone net profit at Rs 20.49 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2015.
Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of Escorts, in an interview with CNBC-TV18 said that there will be an improvement in volumes for the month of January and February 2016.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Madan says the 12 percent volume growth during November was on expected lines, and that the long term visibility of the equipment business appeared weak
Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller, Escorts believes that better Rabi crop this year will help improve the September sentiment and November demand will be better than last years'.
Escorts posted a 21.5 percent decline in its third quarter net profit to Rs 35.7 crore impacted by lower revenue and operating income in tractor business.
According to Madan, rise in prices and cost control have helped in increasing margins. The company is hopeful of maintaining volume growth of current levels of 14%.