Automobile output in Russia rose 3.7% year on year to 154,000 units in January-February, Russia’s economic development and trade ministry said.
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Prime-Tass said the ministry attributed the results to growing assembly of foreign-brand cars at Russian plants and to Russians’ growing real disposable incomes.
The output of Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ rose 3.1%, the output of second largest car and truck maker GAZ rose 24.8% and output at Russia’s Serpukhov Automobile Plant, or SeAZ, increased 23.7% in January-February.
Among assembly plants, the output of Russia’s Rostov Region-based Taganrog Automobile Plant, or TagAZ, increased 57% year on year in the period, Ford’s output rose 39.5% and Avtoframos, a joint venture between the Moscow city government and Renault, was 5,722 cars in January-February – no comparison was made as Avtoframos did not assemble any cars a year ago.
The output at the Small Car Plant, or ZMA, and the Serpukhov Automobile Plant, or SeAZ, fell 52.6% and 39.4%, respectively, with both plants phasing out their Oka compact car model production.
In 2005, car output fell to 1.068m vehicles in Russia from 1.110m in 2004, while truck output rose to 206,779 units from 202,356 units, Prime-Tass noted.
