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Passenger cars manufacturing volume surges in Kazakhstan

Business Materials 19 October 2020 12:50 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 19

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

A total of 50,656 vehicles worth 376.4 billion tenge ($879.3 million) were manufactured in Kazakhstan over nine months of 2020, Trend reports citing the Union of Kazakhstan’s Enterprises Operating in Automotive Industry.

Thus, the production volume increased by 51.1 percent compared to the same period last year.

The passenger car production volume increased by 42.4 percent, having amounted to 42,498 cars. Buses manufacturing amounted to 1,401, an increase by 65.2 percent, production of cargo vehicles amounted to 5,273, which is 2.5 times more, of specialized vehicles from 61 vehicles to 212 vehicles, of trailers from 644 to 1,272 vehicles.

The number of vehicles manufactured in Sept. 2020 amounted to 6,858 cars, which is 40 percent more than during the same period last year (4,901 vehicles). The number of vehicles manufactured in Sept. 2020 is also 2 percent more than that of Aug. 2020.

The number of Kazakh-manufactured vehicles sold during the reporting period amounted to 45,287 cars, which is 49.7 percent more than during the same period last year (30,253 cars).

The TOP-5 of most popular cars of Kazakh-assembly purchased during the reporting period is as follows: Lada (13,404 cars), Hyundai (11,509), Ravon (5,414), KIA (4,689), and Chevrolet (3,563).

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