of fy17 compared to 50329 in the same period a year ago twowheeler the twowheeler domestic sales grew fastest among all the segments in the first half of the financial year 2017 the main driver for the spike was rural and semi urban market demand which improved with good monsoon the overall agriculture sector grew by 4 percent in fy17 till now as against 11 percent in the fy16 in the same time period in the first half of the fy17 9536952 units of twowheelers were sold compared to 8118608 units sold in the same period a year ago the scooter segment led the growth in the twowheeler segment with recording a growth of 2694 percent in the h1 of fy17 at 3048195 units sold compared to 2401303 units sold a year ago in the same period also read land labour reforms key for manufacturing boost pawan munjal the major part of the growth came in the second quarter of the financial year led by twowheeler and passenger vehicle segments establishing the revival in rural market two wheeler sales jumped by 21 percent in q2 of fy 17 by selling 4994000 units compared to 4143000 units sold in the same period a year ago twowheeler sales witnessed a growth owing to a low base and a strong monsoonbacked improvement in buyer sentiment especially in rural and semiurban areas the segment is expected to close the fy17 with a 1012 growth driven by strong festive season with a revival in the rural economy and improved penetration of organized financing in tier 2 and tier 3 cities said batra he added that scooter sales are likely to be driven primarily by higher displacement products supported by improvement in capacities strengthening urban consumption increasing acceptability in rural areas and salary revision owing to the 7th pay commission twowheeler exports continue to witness pressure due to falling demand in its key markets like africa middle east sri lanka etc in the first half of the current fiscal year twowheeler exports tanked by 1245 percent at 1183087 units compared to 1351364 units in the same period a year ago the two wheeler export markets are located in asian african and south american continents in the south american continent which includes countries like brazil argentina and mexico the demand is muted similarly in the african continent half the countries which predominantly include big markets like nigeria are not doing well a key reason being low gdp mainly on account of low commodity and oil prices and most of these economies depend upon the commodity exports in addition there is low demand in all key markets across the globe due to slow growth as a result indian twowheeler manufacturers are facing difficulty in the export market abdul majeed partner automotive pricewaterhouse told etauto threewheeler threewheeler domestic sales went up by 1330 percent in the h1 of fy17 by selling 287738 units compared to 253768 units sold in the same period a year ago the goods