Car production in Russia plummets 20.5% in 4M - Rosstat
MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax) - Russia produced 480,000 cars in January-April 2015, 20.5% less year-on-year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
Car production in April was down 21.9% year-on-year and was 8.9% lower than in March 2015.
Russia produced 35,500 trucks in January-April, down 24.6% year-on-year. Production fell 26.7% year-on-year in April but rose 3.8% in April compared with March 2015.
Bus production fell 16.4% year-on-year in January-April to 9,700. In April alone, output fell 16.3% year-on-year and it fell 10.7% in April compared with March.
Russia's main car producers are OJSC Avtovaz , the Sollers group and CJSC Renault Russia (Renault's plant in Moscow). The country's main truck-builders are OJSC Kamaz and the GAZ group.