Kia の近くに to finalising Andhra Pradesh 明言する／公表する for 1st India car 工場／植物 -source
By Nidhi Verma and Hyunjoo Jin
NEW DELHI/SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's Kia モーターs Corp is の近くに to finalising the southern Indian 明言する／公表する of Andhra Pradesh as the 場所／位置 for its first factory in the country, as it 速度(を上げる）s up 成果／努力s to start 生産／産物 in the 急速な／放蕩な-growing market, a source familiar with the 事柄 said.
報告（する）／憶測s of Kia looking to 選ぶ a 場所／位置 have been doing the 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs for a while, but an 公式の／役人 with the Andhra Pradesh 行政 had told Reuters last year that the 明言する／公表する was the frontrunner given its proximity to Tamil Nadu 明言する／公表する - home to 工場／植物s of Kia's (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者, Hyundai モーター Co.
The Korean 会社／堅いs, 共同で the world's No.5 car 製造者, are chasing new 商売／仕事 after 行方不明の 的s over the past two years. And now, there are worries sales to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, one of their biggest markets, could be 影響する／感情d by 保護貿易論者 貿易（する） 政策s under 大統領 Donald Trump.
India, however, remains a 有望な 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, with Hyundai - the country's No.2 自動車製造業者 by sales - 報告（する）／憶測ing growth there. Kia is hoping to てこ入れ／借入資本 its (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者's 供給（する） chain 網状組織 built over nearly two １０年間s to 伸び（る） a foothold in the market that is tipped to become the world's third largest by 2020.
This month, Kia is likely to choose a 場所／位置 in the 地区 of Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, for its factory, the source said, 追加するing the 明言する／公表する had off ered about 600 acres (242.81 ヘクタールs) of land to the 自動車製造業者.
A second source also said that Kia was likely to 選ぶ Andhra Pradesh as its factory 場所／位置. The sources did not want to be 指名するd as they were not 権限を与えるd to talk to マスコミ.
Kia ーするつもりであるs to produce small sedans and small sport 公共事業（料金）／有用性 乗り物s at the 工場／植物 from July 2019, although the 計画（する） is 支配する to change, a third person said.
The CEO of Kia モーターs, Park Han-支持を得ようと努める, said the 自動車製造業者 was in the 過程 of 選ぶing a 場所／位置 for an Indian factory, without giving any 詳細（に述べる）s on 場所.
"準備s are going 井戸／弁護士席. We are ready to break ground on the factory anytime," he told Reuters on the sidelines of an 産業 event in ソウル on Tuesday.
The 明言する／公表するs of Maharashtra and Gujarat have also been 支持を得ようと努めるing Kia for the factory, Reuters 報告（する）／憶測d last year.
Kia is likely to compete with its (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者 Hyundai, Tata モーターs, Honda モーター Co and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd in India, a market skewed に向かって cars costing いっそう少なく than $7,000.
Hyundai is one of a handful of successful foreign car 製造者s in India. Japan's Toyota モーター Corp is trying to 拡大する in the country and this week 発表するd a 共同 with Suzuki モーター Corp, which 支配するs the Indian market 経由で its Maruti Suzuki 投機・賭ける.
"Kia cannot afford to 行方不明になる the India market," said Ko Tae-bong, an 自動車 分析家 at Hi 投資 & 安全s. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Nidhi Verma in NEW DELHI and Hyunjoo Jin in SEOUL, 付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Aditi Shah in NEW DELHI; Editing by Tony Munroe and Himani Sarkar)
