{"id":34134,"date":"2026-06-05T14:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/?p=34134"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:52:51","slug":"india-container-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/india-container-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s \u20b910,000 Crore Shipping Container Manufacturing Scheme: What It Means for Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India Container Manufacturing Scheme<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Nation That Handles 14 million Containers a Year \u2014 But Builds Almost None<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

India has an annual containerised throughput of approximately 14 million TEUs. This is increasing by almost 8-10% per year. But despite this, India produced almost no containers here till the announcement of the Container Manufacturing Assistance Scheme (CMAS)<\/a>  in the Union Budget 2026-27. In fact, if an exporter from Ludhiana, Tirupur or Surat had loaded any box, it was most likely Chinese-made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The digits speak for themselves. More than 95% of the world’s dry shipping containers are produced in China. Even as one of the fastest-growing export economies, India was just a buyer. That dependency is not only a trade oddity; it causes real business pain. During the global freight market paralysis and container scarcity, Indian exporters had to pay 3\u20135 times the usual freight charges and faced weeks of shipping delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has now allocated \u20b910,000 crore to establish a domestic unit manufacturing industry for containers. The  Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways<\/a> states that it has set a target of 1 million TEUs per year for Indian domestic manufacturing in the coming ten years. The multiplier effect estimated: Total value of the market generated is approximately eight times the amount of expenditure by the government (\u20b91.07 lakh crore).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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