Maruti Suzuki mulls assembly facility in Sri Lanka once again

Aditya · 28th December 2015, 11:04

Maruti Suzuki is reported to be reconsidering setting up an assembly plant in Sri Lanka.

Earlier in 2013, Maruti Suzuki was thinking of opening a facility in the island nation (click here to read report). It had considered Hambantota, as the location for this plant. Hambantota is located at a distance of about 250 km from Colombo, the country's capital city. Maruti had planned to use Hambantota harbour for re-export. The company had to put off its plans due to some tax issues with the then government.

However, the positive developments between India and Sri Lanka have got the company to reconsider setting up a plant in Sri Lanka.

Additionally, Sri Lanka is the second largest export market for Maruti Suzuki. The increase in tax on imported vehicles in the country is another likely factor for the company to consider local assembly of cars.

Source: Daily News

The Rationalist · 28th December 2015, 12:26

During my visit to Srilanka, I was surprised to see Swift Automatic there! They have almost all the brands there, Mazda, Alfa Romeo, Infiniti. But the cost is too high, our Nano was costing around 4-5 lakhs Swift around 10-12 lakhs INR! Swift automatic was imported from Japan.

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Aditya Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 17,845 Thanked: 77,082 Times View My Garage	Maruti Suzuki mulls assembly facility in Sri Lanka once again Maruti Suzuki is reported to be reconsidering setting up an assembly plant in Sri Lanka. Earlier in 2013, Maruti Suzuki was thinking of opening a facility in the island nation (click here to read report). It had considered Hambantota, as the location for this plant. Hambantota is located at a distance of about 250 km from Colombo, the country's capital city. Maruti had planned to use Hambantota harbour for re-export. The company had to put off its plans due to some tax issues with the then government. However, the positive developments between India and Sri Lanka have got the company to reconsider setting up a plant in Sri Lanka. Additionally, Sri Lanka is the second largest export market for Maruti Suzuki. The increase in tax on imported vehicles in the country is another likely factor for the company to consider local assembly of cars. Source: Daily News
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The Rationalist BANNED Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Kochi Posts: 924 Thanked: 7,279 Times	Re: Maruti Suzuki mulls assembly facility in Sri Lanka once again During my visit to Srilanka, I was surprised to see Swift Automatic there! They have almost all the brands there, Mazda, Alfa Romeo, Infiniti. But the cost is too high, our Nano was costing around 4-5 lakhs Swift around 10-12 lakhs INR! Swift automatic was imported from Japan. Last edited by Gannu_1 : 28th December 2015 at 15:59. Reason: Typos.
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