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According to Bangkok Post, Tata Motors is reportedly in talks with PT Astra International, one of Indonesia’s leading auto makers, to produce the world’s cheapest car. It will be Nano’s first plant outside India
Both Thailand and Indonesia, which are getting huge investments from global auto companies, have been wooing Tata Motors
Tata Motors is expected to set up the 50,000 units per year plant near Jakarta. The plant would also cater to neighbouring countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines

Car sales grew at just 1.6% in June — the slowest since the slowdown of 2008 — compared with nearly 31% in the corresponding month a year back
This has prompted the apex auto body, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam), to lower its growth forecast for passenger cars to 10-12% in 2011-12 against 16-18% projected earlier

Industry representatives of the two countries have stressed the need to focus on ground-level issues to achieve progress in bilateral trade between the two neighbours
The industries on both sides suggest that tariff and non-tariff barriers and all other restrictive practices hampering the bilateral trade should be reduced or removed

According to media reports, India has accepted EU's demand to drop import duty on the luxury vehicles
This has been strongly opposed by not only the domestic auto industry but also their Japanese counterparts arguing that it would give an unfair advantage to the European OEMs
Currently, exports from India to Japan are 2.2% of India's entire exports, while exports from Japan to India stood at 0.9% of Japan's total exports

The government plans to set up two automotive manufacturing hubs spread over 10,000 acres each in central and eastern India
India's automotive industry, estimated to have a turnover of $73 billion at present, accounts for 6% of its GDP