Renault India starts exporting the Duster SUV from its Chennai manufacturing plant, with an initial shipment heading to South Africa, according to multiple reports. India-based outlets say Renault has dispatched the first batch of India-made Dusters, marking the start of overseas supply for the model. One outlet also notes that the Duster being exported is the first Renault vehicle in India built on the Renault Group Modular Platform. A South African report adds that the first batch is en route to the country and specifies that the vehicles are produced at Renault’s Chennai plant. The same South African source says the Indian-made Dusters are intended to replace Dusters previously sourced from Renault’s Mioveni factory in Romania. Taken together, the coverage indicates a shift in production and sourcing for South Africa from the Romanian plant to the Chennai plant, with exports beginning via an early batch shipment.