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Car purchasing in Kazakhstan increases

Business Materials 17 January 2019 11:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 17

By Rashid Shirinov – Trend:

In 2018, Kazakhs purchased 57,919 new cars, which is 24.9 percent higher compared to 2017, Trend reports referring to the Kazakh media.

The press-service of KazAvtoProm (Kazakhstan Automobile Industry Enterprises' Union) stated that Kazakhs spent 496.6 billion tenge on the purchase of new cars in 2018, which is 35.8 percent higher than in 2017.

As many as 29,612 cars (51.1 percent) of those sold were imported in Kazakhstan and 28,307 (48.9 percent) cars were of local production.

According to the results of 2018, Lada (13,413 cars sold), Toyota (12,278) and Hyundai (8,721) lead the ranking of the most popular car brands in Kazakhstan.

Meanwhile, Toyota Camry (4,761 cars sold), Lada 4×4 (3,468) and Lada Granta (3,428) lead the ranking of car models.

Also, residents of Almaty (15,524 cars bought), Astana (10,438), and Atyrau (4,285) lead in terms of the purchase of passenger cars in 2018.

(377.95 KZT = 1 USD on Jan. 17)

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