Booming Profits for Tata Motors

May 26, 2011
Overall sales were up 24.2% at nearly 1.1 million units.

India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors reported on May 26 a nearly fourfold increase in annual profit, boosted by booming sales and strong demand for British brands Jaguar and Land Rover.

Net profit was 92.7 billion rupees (US$2.04 billion) for the year to the end of March 2011, up from 25.7 billion rupees in the previous year.

Overall sales were up 24.2% at nearly 1.1 million units, while consolidated revenue jumped from 925.19 billion rupees in 2009-10 to 1.26 trillion rupees in the last financial year.

Sales of Jaguar Land Rover models increased from 193,982 to 243,621 in the same period, with the company reporting strong growth in China.

Net revenue for the brands was 9.91 billion pounds (US$6 billion) and net profit 1.04 billion pounds.

Tata Motors, part of the tea-to-steel Tata Group conglomerate, is due to inaugurate its first assembly plant in India for Jaguar Land Rover cars on May 27.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2011

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