Fiat Group Purchasing – Fiat’s parts procurement unit – plans to source components worth some US$1bn parts from India in 2010.

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“Our target is to source US$1bn in 2010,” Franco Cavallotti, vice-president, International of Fiat Group Purchasing, told reporters at an industry conference.


Reuters noted that would constitute about 5 percent of its global sourcing.


Of the US$1bn, about US$700m would be for Fiat India Automobiles, its joint venture with Tata Motors, he reportedly said.


Fiat planned to source US$400m to US$500m of components from India in 2009, he said, according to the Reuters report.

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