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Key Sectors

Automobile / Automotive Components
• Accounts for 70% of India’s Passenger Vehicle Exports.
• Accounts for 45% of the total Auto Exports in India.
• Among the top 10 manufacturing hubs in the world. Chennai having an installed
annual capacity of over 1.71 million car units.
• Chennai has an installed capacity to produce 3 cars every minute, one truck
every 2 minutes and one two wheeler every 6 seconds.
• Largest Tyre Manufacturing State in the country.

• Largest 2 Wheeler, 3 Wheeler & Tractor Manufacturer
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• 2 Largest Bus Manufacturer
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• 3 Largest Heavy Truck Manufacturer
World Rankings
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• 4 Largest Car Manufacturer
Textiles & Apparel Production
• Ranked Number 1 in the country in Apparel Production; Number 2 in Textiles.
• Houses the largest spinning industry in India and accounts for 40% of
total production.
• Produces 41% of cotton yarn in the country.
• Provides employment to 35% of the State’s population.
• Coimbatore is the backbone of Textile Industry in South India, housing around
15% of textile mills in the country.
• Tiruppur is the biggest Knitting Cluster in the country and contributes to 90% of
Knitwear exports from India.
• Coimbatore (Yarn), Erode (Home Textiles), Karur (Carpets, Towels & Mosquito
Nets) and Tiruppur (Garment) form one of the largest textile production and
export clusters in India, especially for home textiles.

Agriculture & Food Processing
• Largest producer of egg in the country.
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• 2 Largest producer of poultry.
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• 3 Largest producer of Tea and Coffee.
• Leading producer of Bananas, Coconuts, Tapioca & Loose Flowers.
• Contributes to 7% of India’s Food Processing output.
• Has India’s largest Agricultural University with 36 Agro Technology Research
Stations supporting in Biotech.
• Leading producer of Spices and Cashew Nuts.
• Tirupur is India’s Largest Coconut producing district with an annual production
of 675.7 MN tonnes of nuts.
• Has 4 existing Agro Export Zones for Flowers, Cut Flowers, Mango and Cashew Nut.
Pharmaceuticals / Chemicals
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• Ranks 5 in production of pharmaceuticals amongst Indian states.
• Accounts for 10% of total pharmaceutical production in the country.