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E Commerce to Drive Logistics Sector Growth in India: Report

E-Commerce to Drive Logistics Sector Growth in India: Report

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 19 May 2015 17:17 IST

The fast growing e-commerce sector will drive the $167-billion (roughly Rs. 10,63,679 crores) domestic logistics industry going forward and the introduction of the Goods & Services Tax which will unify the markets, will be the biggest push for the sector, says a report.

"The matrix of logistics sector is changing due to the increasing focus on e-commerce logistics and express logistics. The domestic e-commerce industry is growing at 35- 40 percent CAGR which has resulted in large players introducing a dedicated e-commerce logistics business," said the logistics report by Singhi Advisors.

Singhi Advisors is a city-based boutique investment bank that focuses on deals on the space.

In recent months, logistics players like Patel Logistics, Gati etc have set up dedicated e-commerce logistics arms and tied up with leading players, the report said.

Patel Integrated Logistics, for instance, has set up a special arm called Patel Retail to tap the e-commerce space and tied up with Amazon.

The domestic e-commerce sector was close to $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,27,386 crores) in 2014, up from $3.8 billion (roughly Rs. 24,203 crores) in 2009. Out of the total, e-tailing itself is over $5 billion (roughly Rs. 31,846 crores). It's estimated that by 2030, the e-commerce space will be a $300 billion giant, according to various industry reports.

Logistics space has been growing at a CAGR of over 16 percent over the last five years, despite the industry being highly fragmented with organised players being only 6 percent.

Globally, the report said the logistics industry is a whopping $4-trillion giant in 2013, representing 10 percent of global GDP.

Another enabler is the government focus on infrastructure such as the Golden Quadrilateral, East-West and North-South corridors, apart from tax break for foreign investors in cold-storage, agri-warehouse and free-trade warehousing zones, coupled with 100 percent FDI in almost all logistics sub-segments, the report noted.

Areef Patel, vice-chairman of Patel Logistics which is planning to set up special units for airfreight, said, "e- commerce is perhaps the best that the 'depressed' logistics sector could ask for. Even though 93 percent of retailing is done in traditional format, estimates suggest that by 2020, e-tailing will capture about 20 percent share and for this to happen logistics is the most crucial part."

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