The Russian government is preparing new measures to support domestic automobile producers.

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Russia’s Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko voiced concerns that investors in Russia’s auto industry should be supported at a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, ITAR-TASS reported.


Domestic and foreign investors have invested about US$6bn in the Russian automobile industry, Khristenko said.


“It is important now to minimise the risks for these investors,” Khristenko said.


He did not elaborate on the measures under consideration.

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The government will possibly subsidise interest rates on loans that car producers pay to banks, Russia’s President Dimitry Medvedev has said.
 
State assistance for Russian carmakers was written into a USD200bn state aid package, including a provision to lower interest rates on loans taken by car manufacturers.


Early this month, the government also sharply raised import tariffs on second-hand foreign cars, a protectionist measure for which the industry has long lobbied.
 
Although activity has weakened lately, Russia’s automobile output increased 14.5% on the year to 1,558,687 units in January-October, ASM Holding, which monitors Russia’s automotive sector, said Monday.
 
Car output increased 19.6% on the year to 1,265,321 units in January-October, while truck output rose 5% to 238,588 units in the period. Of those figures, foreign-branded car output was up 41.1% to 516,281 units and foreign-branded truck production rose 22.6% to 16,049 units.
 
In 2007, Russia’s vehicle output rose 10.4% on the year to 1.660 million units, including 1.289 million cars and 287,914 trucks, the holding said earlier.