Tata Motors may begin exporting Tata Ace to Myanmar through Bangladesh JV

For any product to be classified as Made in Bangladesh, 25% of the sourcing has to be local

Tata Motors’ joint venture in Bangladesh is considering exports of the small commercial vehicle, Tata Ace to Myanmar and north-east India. 

While Tata Motors currently has an assembling plant in Myanmar which has the capability to manufacture small commercial vehicles and the company currently caters to north-east India from its Indian plants, exports from Bangladesh is considered to be logistically more viable for the region and can be cheaper than exports from India. 

Abdul Matlub Ahmad, chairman of the Nitol-Niloy Group, which owns 60 per cent in the joint venture firm with Tata Motors, said that currently, discussions are on