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Analysis of the freight rail transportation market in India

Analysis of the freight rail transportation market in India Analysis of the freight rail transportation market in India
Release date 06.04.2018
Number of pages 44
Formats DOCX, PDF
Cost 45000 ₹

The relevance of research

Rail transportation has always been one of the most profitable ways of delivering goods, as they optimally combine the price and quality of the services provided. Transportation by rail is quite fast, while ensuring the maximum possible safety of the cargo. 


Purpose of the study

Analysis of the state of the market for services for cargo transportation by rail, assessment of the market size, analysis of competitors, as well as identification of factors affecting the market for services for cargo transportation by rail.


Content

Part 1: An Overview of the Indian Rail Freight Services Market

1.1. Definition and Characteristics of the Indian Rail Freight Services Market 
1.2. Dynamics of the volume of the Indian market for cargo transportation services by rail, 2012-2017 
1.3. Market structure by type of service provided in India 
1.4. The structure of the market of services for cargo transportation by rail in the Union Territories 
1.5. Assessment of current trends and development prospects of the studied market 
1.6. Assessment of factors affecting the market 
1.7. Analysis of sectoral indicators of financial and economic activity 

Part 2: Competitive Analysis in the Indian Rail Freight Services Market 

2.1. Major players in the market 
2.2. Market shares of the largest competitors 
2.3. Profiles of major players 

Part 3. Analysis of the consumption of services for cargo transportation by rail. Identification of potential customers interested in the service 

3.1. Estimation of the volume of consumption of services for freight transportation by rail transport per capita 
3.2. Market Saturation and Estimated Market Potential in India 
3.3. Description of consumer preferences 
3.4. Price analysis 

Part 4. Assessment of factors of investment attractiveness of the market 

Part 5. Forecast for the development of the market for freight transportation services by rail until 2022 

Part 6. Conclusions on the prospects of creating enterprises in the study area and recommendations to existing market operators 


Research excerpt

Part 1. Overview of the Indian Rail Freight Services Market
1.1. Definition and Characteristics of the Indian Rail Freight Services Market
The high importance of the transport and logistics market is associated with the large territory of India (17 km125). The transport system of India is a set of roads and ways: ...
The most important criteria for cargo transportation are the speed of delivery, its cost and time. In addition, the vehicle is selected depending on: ...
Due to the nature of the economy,…
Diagram 1. Structure of cargo turnover by modes of transport in India, 2017, %
 

Rail transportation has always been one of the most profitable ways of delivering goods, as they optimally combine the price and quality of the services provided. Transportation by rail is quite fast, while ensuring the maximum possible safety of the cargo. 
The role of cargo transportation by rail has increased especially recently, when the global economic crisis makes even the most successful companies think about saving. The cost of rail transport is very attractive, which is why for many transport companies rail freight has become the main type of service provided. Freight rail transportation, as a rule, is the transportation of various goods over long distances, including the delivery of goods to hard-to-reach regions, where road transportation is practically excluded. In addition to reliability and the lowest accident rate, rail freight is the most cost-effective type of cargo transportation. 

1.2. Dynamics of the volume of the Indian market for cargo transportation services by rail, 2012-2017
During 2012-2017 volume of the market of services for cargo transportation by rail in monetary terms …
...
Diagram 2. Dynamics of the volume of the rail freight market in India for the period 2012-2017 in monetary terms, billion Rs.
 

...
Freight turnover in railway transport in 2014-2017 grew at a slow pace and in 2017 reached … bn t-km, having increased by …% compared to 2012. Cargo turnover in January 2018 …
Diagram 3. Dynamics of the volume of the rail freight market in India in physical terms for 2012-2016, billion t-km.
 

1.3. Market structure by type of service provided in India 
The structure of freight transportation by rail is dominated by … , which account for …% of the total transportation volume. About …% of shipments are … shipments. Import and transit transportations together occupy no more than …% of the total volume of cargo transportation. At the same time, transit traffic has a stable share, not exceeding …% of the total. This can serve as a clear indicator of the extremely low realization of the transit potential of the Indian mainline rail transport network...

1.4. The structure of the market of services for cargo transportation by rail in the Union Territories
In the structure of the market of services for cargo transportation by rail in India, the first place is occupied by ... Union Territories, which accounts for 33,7% of the market. In second place is ... the Union Territories - 15,2%, in third place ... the Union Territories - 14,2%. … the Union Territories occupies 13,5% of the rail freight transportation services market. 
...
Diagram 6. The structure of the provision of services for cargo transportation by rail in India by region, %
 

1.5. Assessment of current trends and development prospects of the studied market
For almost 179 years, rail transport has been a leading link in both the transport system and the Indian economy as a whole. The share of railway transport in the country's gross domestic product is about ...%. 
...

1.6. Assessment of factors affecting the market
Let's consider the main factors influencing the market and, accordingly, demand.
Social (demographic)
During 2011-2017 India's population is on the rise. The increase in the population in 2014 occurred not only due to migration and natural increase, but also due to the formation of two new states of the Federation - the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. At the same time, since 2013, there has been a positive natural increase in the population. However, according to the results of 2017, natural growth has a negative value. Population growth increases the potential present and future demand for these services. Positive influence of factors.
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Chart 7. Population change in India, 2011-2017
 

Economic
GDP is a macroeconomic indicator that reflects the market value of all final goods and services (that is, intended for direct consumption) produced per year in all sectors of the economy on the territory of the state for consumption, export and accumulation, regardless of the nationality of the factors of production used. It is the main, most complete official indicator of public welfare. The absolute and relative values ​​of GDP give an idea of ​​the general material well-being of the nation and the dynamics of its growth / decrease, since the higher the level of production, the higher the welfare of the country.
As shown in Diagram 8, for the period 2011-2016. there was a decrease in the annual GDP growth rate, and in 2015 the GDP dynamics turned into a negative zone. But in 2017, there was a … indicator by …% compared to the same period in 2016 …
...

1.7. Analysis of sectoral indicators of financial and economic activity
Consider the financial and economic indicators for the industry ...
...

Part 2: Competitive Analysis in the Indian Rail Freight Services Market
2.1. Major players in the market 
The largest players in the market of services for cargo transportation by rail in 2016-2017. are Indian Railways JSC, ...
... 

2.2. Market shares of the largest competitors
As of 2017, Indian Railways remains the largest operator of the rail freight market in India, occupying …% of the market. JSC ""…"" is on the second place - …% of the market, on the third - JSC ""…"" (…%). ""
Diagram 15. Shares of the largest competitors in the rail freight services market in India in 2017, in %
 

2.3. Profiles of major players
Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned vertically integrated company, the owner of the public infrastructure, a significant part of the rolling stock and the most important operator of the Indian railway network.
Part 3. Analysis of the consumption of services for cargo transportation by rail. Identification of potential customers interested in the service
3.1. Estimation of the volume of consumption of services for freight transportation by rail transport per capita
During 2012-2016 The per capita consumption of freight transport services by rail has steadily increased. In 2017, the volume of consumption of freight transportation services by rail per capita amounted to … thousand Rs./person, which is …% higher than the value of 2016 and by …% higher than the value of 2012.
Diagram 17. The volume of consumption of services for freight transportation by rail per capita, 2012-2016, Rs./person
 

3.2. Market Saturation and Estimated Market Potential in India
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3.3. Description of consumer preferences 
In modern conditions of formation of various independent participants in the transportation process in the railway transport market, the issue of their interaction with each other and with the end users of transport products is acute. 
...
Diagram 18. Most trusted transport service providers, %
 

In the freight transportation market, the positive reaction of the cargo owner to a reduction in the price or an increase in the quality of transportation is determined solely by the effect obtained in this case. 
Diagram 19. Carrier selection criteria, %

3.4. Price analysis
The largest increase in the price of services for freight transportation by rail in India ...
...
Diagram 20. Consumer price indices for freight transportation services by rail in India in 2012-2017,%
 

Part 4. Assessment of factors of investment attractiveness of the market
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Part 5. Forecast for the development of the market for freight transportation services by rail until 2022
We will analyze the market based on methods based on identifying trends over time, adjusted for expert opinion in the industry.
...

Part 6. Conclusions on the prospects of creating enterprises in the study area and recommendations to existing market operators
...


Diagrams

Diagram 1. Structure of cargo turnover by modes of transport in India, 2017, % 
Diagram 2. Dynamics of the volume of the rail freight market in India for the period 2012-2017 in monetary terms, billion Rs. 
Diagram 3. Dynamics of the volume of the rail freight market in India in physical terms for 2012-2016, billion t-km. 
Diagram 4. Structure of the market of services for rail freight transportation by types, % 
Diagram 5. Structure of goods transported by rail, % 
Diagram 6. The structure of the provision of services for cargo transportation by rail in India by region, % 
Chart 7. Population change in India, 2011-2017 
Diagram 8. Dynamics of India's GDP, 2012-2017, % to the previous year 
Chart 9. The dynamics of the US dollar against the rupee, 2015-2017, Rs. for 1 US dollar
Chart 10. Dynamics of the inflation rate in India, 2011-2017 
Chart 11. Dynamics of real incomes of the population of India, 2011-2017 
Chart 12. The volume of paid services to the population in India, trillion Rs., 2012-November 2017 
Diagram 13. The length of the operating length of public railway tracks, 2012-2017, thousand km. 
Diagram 14. Dynamics of the average interest rate on loans to legal entities, 2013-2017 
Diagram 15. Shares of the largest competitors in the rail freight services market in India in 2017, in % 
Diagram 16. Dynamics of the total revenue of the largest market operators (TOP-5) in India, 2012-2017, billion Rs. 
Diagram 17. The volume of consumption of services for freight transportation by rail per capita, 2012-2016, Rs./person 
Diagram 18. Most trusted transport service providers, % 
Diagram 19. Carrier selection criteria, % 
Diagram 20. Consumer price indices for freight transportation services by rail in India in 2012-2017,% 
Diagram 21. Forecast of the volume of the market for freight transportation services by rail in 2018-2022, billion Rs. 


Tables 

Table 1. STEP Analysis of Factors Affecting the Rail Freight Services Market in India
Table 2. Main companies participating in the Indian rail freight services market in 2017 
Table 3. Total sales of TOP 3 rail freight service providers in the Indian market in 2016 
Table 4. Dynamics of the production of services for freight transportation by rail in India by union territories, thousand tons 
Table 5. Structure of imports of services for cargo transportation by rail by sending countries in 2016-2017 
Table 6. Data on tenders for the purchase of aluminum services for cargo transportation by rail, announced from 01.02.18/11.03.18/ to / /  
Table 7. Average prices of producers of services for freight transportation by rail across the union territories in 2012-2017, thousand Rs/ton 
Table 8. Consumer (wholesale) prices for foil by states of India, thousand Rs./ton 
Table 9. Assessment of factors of investment attractiveness of the market of services for cargo transportation by rail 


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