The question isn't whether the market is big. It's whether you can win in it, at your price, with your licence position.
Most market research answers the wrong question. It tells you India's chemical sector is worth $250 billion or that Germany ships €4 billion of machinery a year, numbers that are true and almost useless for a go or no-go decision. What actually determines whether an entry works is narrower and harder to answer from a desk: which two or three states are worth entering first, what a realistic price corridor looks like against the local competition, which licences and certifications apply to your specific product, and what it actually costs if the entry is wrong. FICCI's own numbers put the failure rate for foreign companies in India above 40 percent within five years, and the post-mortems rarely point to a market that turned out too small. They point to a feasibility study that read like a research report instead of a decision document, one that described the opportunity without ever forcing the go or no-go call it existed to make.
Sized to your specific product and price point, not the sector headline figure. We identify the two or three states or regions actually worth entering first, and say plainly which ones aren't.
Every certification, permit and registration your product needs before it can legally be sold, mapped against your actual customs classification, not a generic category.
What the market will actually bear once local competition, import duty and distribution margin are accounted for, tested against your real cost base.
Interviews with distributors, buyers and, where relevant, regulators in your sector. Field research over desk research, since the gap between a published report and ground truth is often the whole story.
Not a summary of findings. A direct answer, backed by the numbers, on whether to proceed, and if so, how and where.
We confirm your product, target states and the specific decision this study needs to support, so the research answers your actual question, not a generic one.
Secondary data from government and industry sources, combined with primary interviews on the ground, since India-specific research ages fast and rarely covers Tier 2 and 3 geography well.
Licensing requirements and a realistic price corridor, tested against your actual cost structure rather than sector averages.
A direct recommendation, presented and defended, not left for you to interpret from a research deck.