India was amongst the top 10 manufacturers in 2010

India was amongst the top 10 manufacturers in 2010 & together with Brazil & China accounted for a 1/3 of the world manufacturing output, up from 1/5th 10 years ago, said a UN report.
"India is listed as one of the top 10 manufacturers of the world in 2010," the international yearbook of industrial statistics 2011, published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) said. India along with other leading developing economies such as Brazil & China showed strong performance in economic growth in 2010 and the manufacturing value added of all these countries grew by over 10% last year, the agency said. The share of these three countries in world manufacturing output reached 32% compared to 20% 10 years ago, the report, released in Vienna on Thursday, added. World manufacturing value added, or MVA, rose 5.3% in 2010, as per the agency's estimate. The MVA of industrialised countries was up 3.4% in 2010. India topped developing countries (excluding China) in production of textiles, chemical products, basic metals, general machinery and equipment, and electrical machinery. It overtook Brazil in the production of motor vehicles and now ranks second among developing countries after Mexico.