The Indian tractor industry is huge and has a great influence on the global agricultural domain. Both the domestic and international markets are empowered by multiple India-based tractor manufacturers.

As 2023 ended, we thought of analyzing how good this year was in terms of tractor sales in India.

Continue reading the blog to know about the total tractor sales in India in 2023 and see a comparison of 2022 and 2023 sales. But Before that let's also explore India’s Total Tractor sales including exports and India’s Total Tractor Exports in 2023 and also compare it with 2022 Sales.

Total tractor sales including export in 2023 are good with a slight drop as compared to 2022 sales

According to TMA, India sold a total of 10,11,697 tractor units in domestic and export markets in 2023. As compared to 2022, this performance has slightly dropped because India managed to record a total tractor sale (including export) of 10,43,911 units in 2022.

Here is the monthly breakdown of total tractor sales in India, including exports, for 2023 and 2022.

2023	Total Sales Including Exports 2023	2022	Total Sales Including Exports 2022
Jan-23	73399	Jan-22	63257
Feb-23	69673	Feb-22	62338
Mar-23	92647	Mar-22	84182
Apr-23	86940	Apr-22	99916
May-23	91263	May-22	93522
June-23	106620	June-22	107326
July-23	67043	July-22	67047
Aug-23	62123	Aug-22	64809
Sep-23	105457	Sep-22	125006
Oct-23	125418	Oct-22	132413
Nov-23	78988	Nov-22	77824
Dec-23	52126	Dec-22	66271
Total	1011697	Total	1043911

Source:- TMA India

India is the world's leading tractor market and leading players of this industry are Mahindra, Swaraj, Sonalika, John Deere, Escorts, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Eicher, and more. All these manufacturers offer a wide range of mini tractors and heavy-duty tractors with modern specifications.  

India is itself an agriculture-dominated country with 60% of its population involved in this industry. Hence, it has a huge domestic demand for tractors. In addition, India also exports a large number of tractors globally.

India’s Export tractor sales of 2023 drop marginally

If we talk about India's export tractor sales in 2023, we have an impressive number to share. India exported a total of 96,223 tractor units across the globe. Indian tractors are technologically advanced and are equipped with modern farming technologies. This is why various countries import tractors from India.  

As compared to 2022, export sales of 2023 are slightly reduced because India exported 1,31,850 units in 2022.

Here is the monthly breakdown of India's export tractor sales, for 2023 and 2022.

2023	India Exports Tractor Sales Exports 2023	2022	India Exports Tractor Sales Exports 2022
Jan-23	7764	Jan-22	10490
Feb-23	7306	Feb-22	10385
Mar-23	9791	Mar-22	11294
Apr-23	7652	Apr-22	10715
May-23	8356	May-22	11582
June-23	8198	June-22	12849
July-23	8460	July-22	11836
Aug-23	8874	Aug-22	12118
Sep-23	8523	Sep-22	11320
Oct-23	7186	Oct-22	8888
Nov-23	6722	Nov-22	9884
Dec-23	7391	Dec-22	10489
Total	96223	Total	131850

Source:- TMA India

Tractor sales in India in 2023 gave a ray of hope

As mentioned above, India itself is a very vast tractor market. The year 2023 was great in terms of tractor sales in India. The total tractor sales in india in 2023 is 9,15,474 units. Against the 9,12,061 tractor sales in India in 2022.

Here is the monthly breakdown of total sales in India, for 2023 and 2022.

2023	Total Tractor sales in India 2023	2022	Total Tractor sales in India 2022
Jan-23	65635	Jan-22	52767
Feb-23	62367	Feb-22	51953
Mar-23	82856	Mar-22	72888
Apr-23	79288	Apr-22	89201
May-23	82907	May-22	81940
June-23	98422	June-22	94477
July-23	58583	July-22	55211
Aug-23	53249	Aug-22	52691
Sep-23	96934	Sep-22	113686
Oct-23	118232	Oct-22	123525
Nov-23	72266	Nov-22	67940
Dec-23	44735	Dec-22	55782
Total	915474	Total	912061

Source:- TMA India

What Impacted Tractor Sales?

The key industry stakeholders anticipated that deficient monsoon promoted caution buying in the Indian farmers. Despite that, the domestic tractor sales in India experienced slowed growth in 2023, as compared to 2022.

As far as export markets are concerned, the political unrest in Iran, Ukraine, Israel, and Russia impacted the demand for many resources, including tractors, in these countries. Hence, the export market also displayed an overall drop in the sales figure.

However, the Indian tractor industry has set its eyes on the coming year, 2024. The Skymet Weather has already predicted a normal monsoon in India during 2024. The growing mechanization of the Indian agricultural sector and extended support of the government to the farmers have set a positive tone for 2024. BlueWeave Consulting has already predicted that the Indian tractor industry will reach up to USD 2,676.82 million by 2030 at an impressive CAGR of 5%.