Ford Motor plans to restart a manufacturing plant for exports in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the company said on Friday, potentially re-entering a market it exited three years ago.

Ford Motor Co. plans to manufacture cars at its plant in southern India for exporting globally, three years after the carmaker said it will shut its factories in India.

Ford plans to reboot a mothballed manufacturing plant in India three years after the US automaker said it would stop building cars in the world’s most populous nation. The decision by Ford comes as India’s government seeks to attract billions of dollars of investment from international car manufacturers as they diversity supply chains way from China,

Ford Motor held talks with India's Tamil Nadu state to explore producing vehicles for export, the state's chief minister said, potentially signalling that the U.S. carmaker could restart production in India after exiting the country three years ago.

Ford today announced that it has submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Government of Tamil Nadu, confirming its intention to utilise the Chennai plant for manufacturing for export. The announcement follows a meeting between Ford leadership and the Honorable Chief Minister of the Government of Tamil Nadu as part of his visit to the United States.

The announcement follows a meeting between Ford ( F) leadership and the Honorable Chief Minister of the Government of Tamil Nadu as part of his visit to the United States. Ford ( F) said the strategic move will see the Indian facility repurposed to focus on manufacturing for export to global markets,