The Association of Kazakhstan Automobile Business (AKAB) announced sales results for February 2016
16 March 2016 city
At the end of February, the official Kazakhstan market of new cars sold 3489 units. cars, which is 62,2% lower than last year’s February sales. Based on the results of the first two months of 2016, sales of officially presented vehicles in Kazakhstan amounted to 6991 units. This is 59% less than sales in the first two months of 2015 (versus 17043 units in January-February 2015).
Toyota remains the leader in car sales for the second month in a row with 623 units. in February and 1384 units. year to date. Second place went to Lada, whose sales increased by 31,3% compared to January to 600 cars. The third result was shown by Renault - 486 cars sold in February and only 1045 units. sales since the beginning of the year. RenaultDuster remains the most popular in the French brand's model line (259 units sold in February).
Hyundai moved up one place in the overall ranking of brands and ranks fourth with a result of 383 units. of cars sold in February, showing a quantitative increase in sales by 41% compared to January. Rounding out the top five are Kia cars, which tripled their monthly sales compared to the previous month (191 units versus 59 units sold in January 2016).
It is worth noting that more than 60% of January and February sales are for cars produced in 2015. Today, car dealerships sell cars at a favorable price, which already includes costs associated with extended liability of entrepreneurs (ER), which since February 2016 has become mandatory in the Republic of Kazakhstan for enterprises involved in the sale of cars. Thus, the new realities of the Kazakhstan car market will be more accurately reflected in spring sales, which traditionally turned out to be higher than those of the first winter months.
Sales of Kazakhstani cars in February increased both in share (by 5,76% compared to the previous month, to 19,63%) and in quantitative terms (by 41%, to 685 units). According to official data, Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, as of March 10, 2016, approved 5 applications in the amount of 917 billion 19 million tenge. Of these, second-tier banks issued 873,5 loans for the purchase of vehicles from domestic automakers for a total amount of 4 million tenge.
The average price of passenger cars sold in February was -4 tenge. The average price of SUVs sold in February was 056 tenge.
Top 15 best-selling brands in Kazakhstan, January-February 2016:
Top 20 best-selling models, January-February 2016
More detailed information on the results of the automobile market in Kazakhstan will be presented in the planned AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY 2016.
For your information:
The Association of Kazakhstan Automotive Business is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 as a voluntary association of manufacturers, official dealers, importers, and distributors of the automotive market of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The main goal of the association is to form a transparent automobile market in the Republic of Kazakhstan, help ACAB members obtain information, prepare reports and reviews, and also help members of the Association and government services solve problems that arise in the car market of the Republic.
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