India Warehousing Market Performance in the Wake of COVID 19

Overview

Executive Summary

Dominance of Unorganized Players
India logistics industry is highly fragmented where 90% dominance is of unorganized players that offers huge scope of development for the Organized players. Recent time is the period of consolidations, large multinational and domestic companies buying/acquiring the small players to expand their reach. High Logistics cost is an area of concern in the country which is almost 14% of the GDP and doubles as compared to the developed nations such as the US, France, Germany and Hong Kong.

Investments & Initiatives
In India, there are two models of warehouses – Traditional warehouses and modern warehouses. Traditional warehouses represent the dominance of unorganized players. The warehousing sector is receiving funding from both domestic and foreign investors where foreign investors are mainly investing in industrial warehousing parks across the major cities of the country. This can be possible by entering into a partnership with a domestic developer or else a global warehousing operator. Govt of India has initiated several policies to boost investments in logistics and warehousing market by organized players of which implementation of GST has benefited the most; further Make in India program will boost the confidence of the investors in the market.

Scope of the Study
The report published by Makreo Research and Consulting Firm studies logistics and warehousing performance in India and expected demand. It discusses space leasing market scenario in the country, impact of pandemic over the short and long run, market segmentation by type of warehouses, investments driving the change and other macro and micro economic factors. The report helps to assess India's positioning in the global trade and opportunities persist in the future. 

Objective of the Study

• India logistics industry is highly fragmented where 90% dominance is of unorganized players that offers huge scope of development for the Organized players.
• Recent time is the period of consolidations, large multinational and domestic companies buying/acquiring the small players to expand their reach.
• High Logistics cost is an area of concern in the country which is almost 14% of the GDP and double as compared to the developed nations such as the US, France, Germany and Hong Kong.
• In India, there are two models of warehouses – Traditional warehouses and modern warehouses. Traditional warehouses represent the dominance of unorganized players. Warehousing sector is receiving funding from both domestic and foreign investors where foreign investors are mainly investing in industrial warehousing parks across the major cities of the country. This can be possible by entering into partnership with a domestic developer or else a global warehousing operator.
• Govt of India has initiated several policies to boost investments in logistics and warehousing market by organized players of which implementation of GST has benefited the most; further Make in India program will boost the confidence of the investors in the market.
• The report studies logistics and warehousing performance in India and expected demand. It discusses space leasing market scenario in the country, impact of pandemic over short and long run, market segmentation by type of warehouses, investments driving the change and other macro and micro economic factors. The report helps to assess India's positioning in the global trade and opportunities persist in future.