FADA reported that sales for major brands like Mahindra, Swaraj, and John Deere increased year-on-year in September. However, on a month-on-month basis, sales saw a slight decline of nearly 3 percent from the 65,478 units sold in August.
M&M, Escorts Kubota, and VST Tillers & Tractors – all reported tepid tractor sales for September 2023. However, with the recovery of the prospects for monsoon rains, the managements see festive season to be promising
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Domestic tractor sales were at 16,687 units last month as compared to 21,173 units in December 2020, down 21 percent.
Mahindra and Mahindra President Farm Equipment Sector Rajesh Jejurikar said: "We expect that the prediction of a normal monsoon coupled with the expectation of good rabi crop will boost tractor demand in the coming months.
Despite the not-so-encouraging initial forecasts about the monsoons, tractor major Mahindra & Mahindra today sounded confident of maintaining last year's sales momentum and grow in double-digits.
Tractor sales in India are likely to grows in double digits in the fiscal year that started on April 1, following a decision by at least two states to waive some loans to farmers, India's biggest tractor maker said on Wednesday
PV sales for February were reported at 20,605 units against 23,718 units. But commercial vehicle sales grew to 16,383 units against 13,864 units
Farm equipment maker Escorts today reported 15.8 percent increase in tractor sales at 3,187 units in December 2016.
The year on year two-wheeler sales for the month of December are down 40 percent in urban areas and 50-60 percent in rural. Bookings for two-wheelers is down about 25-30 percent and that for cars are down 10-15, said John K Paul, President, FADA.
Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller, Escorts is confident of the company clocking a run rate of 5000 units per month for this fiscal year.
Farm equipment maker Escorts reported a 10.1 percent increase in total tractor sales in May at 5,331 units.
The domestic volume of tractor sales may remain weak during FY16 as the rating agency's outlook sees a decline in tractor volumes (domestic+exports) by about 7-8 percent in FY16. Besides, any recovery in volumes is only likely to happen over the medium term, ICRA said.
In the recent agricultural crisis, the tractor industry has definitely suffered, but where income sources were diversified and financing options easy, it was a different story.
There is buoyancy in the markets in Maharashta and Karnataka because of Ganpati. Vishwakarma will have an impact on Bihar and central UP and then Navratri, Dassera and Diwali will give a good push to the markets. So the markets overall will do well, says Sanjeev Goyle of M&M.
Mahindra & Mahindra feels tractor sales in the industry this year will easily exceed earlier expectations of 5-6 percent growth and grow in double digits in FY14.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bhartendu Kapoor, Mahindra & Mahindra gives a positive outlook on his company's tractor sales. He expects them to outperform the industry standards.
Mahindra & Mahindra reported 10.46 per cent decline in its total tractor sales in December 2012 at 14,759 units. The company had sold a total of 16,484 tractors in the same month previous year, the company said in a statement.
Vivek Nayer, senior vice president -marketing, automotive division at M&M spoke to CNBC-TV18 about sales numbers for the company and the expectations of dealers and customers.
Monthly auto sales numbers have started trickling in. M&M's November total auto sales came in slightly lower at 40,722 units versus 41,506 units (MoM), but were much better than expectations. Arun Malhotra, Senior Vice President of sales and customer care (Automotive Division) indicated that the auto sales saw a growth of 53% on a yearly basis.