Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

(in million numbers)
Sno City Number of on-road Two
Wheelers in 2003-04
1 Mumbai & Suburbs 1.11
2 Pune 0.60
3 Ahemdabad 0.75
4 Chennai 1.01
5 Bangalore 0.75
6 Hyderabad 0.73
7 Vizag 0.20
8 Delhi 1.84
9 Lucknow 0.39
10 Ludhiana 0.41
11 Indore 0.36
12 Jamshedpur 0.21
Source: Dept of road transport and highways, IMaCS Analysis
The total estimated on-road two-wheelers and future projections are as given below:-
(in million nos) 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Total TW
vehicle park
40.7 46.5 52.9 58.5 64.9 72.0 79.9 88.7 98.5
Source: SIAM, IMaCS Analysis
Though the actual sales/vehicle-park might differ from projections on a year-to-year basis, over the
long term, the projections are expected to hold true.
Wearing helmets has been made compulsory across several states. The growth in helmet demand is
expected to be more than the growth in two wheelers as more and more states/cities implement usage
of helmets for riders and pillions compulsorily. In addition to the new helmets, considerable demand
from the replacement market is expected as well.
Existing market size and future forecast
The current and future forecast of Helmet market in India is given below:-