German machinery exports to rise by 10-15% this year

New Delhi: German machinery exports to India are expected to grow by 10-15 per cent in 2026, especially after the implementation of the India-EU free trade agreement, industry body VDMA said on Friday.Shipments of German machinery to India stood at approximately 4 billion euros in 2025. "We project these exports to grow by 10-15 per cent in 2026," said Rajesh Nath, Managing Director, German Engineering Federation-VDMA India.

Nath was speaking at LogiMAT India 2026- a global exhibition of the logistics industry, which is being held in Mumbai. The mechanical engineering industry association (VDMA e.V.) is an association of 3,600 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies.

The three-day LogiMAT India 2026 has brought together national and international companies from 10 nations to fuel India's logistics and infrastructure sector growth. The India-Germany partnership at the German Pavilion is driving investment in the logistics sector, with participation from international associations, including the Indian Chamber of International Business, Warehousing Association of India, Indo-French Chamber of Commerce, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, VDMA, and the All India Warehousing Welfare Association. Nath stated that German technology imports are critical to India's manufacturing transformation.

Viksit Bharat targets India's evolution into a developed economy by 2047, which requires scaling manufacturing's GDP contribution from the current 16-17 per cent to 25 per cent. This demands year-on-year sectoral growth of 10-12 per cent, Nath said, adding that German and European advanced manufacturing technologies will be instrumental in building India's industrial capacity.

German and European advanced manufacturing technologies will be instrumental in building India's industrial capacity, says Rajesh Nath, MD, German Engineering Federation-VDMA India VDMA