Meanwhile, output growth in China was only 5%, in South Korea - less than 2%, and Japanese and British automakers are in the red
The automotive industry as a whole is going through hard times: the protracted pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, an acute shortage of semiconductors and the general destruction of global supply chains have had an impact. Then the problems were added by the geopolitical crisis associated with the war in Ukraine, which finished off the supply chain of components and raw materials, including those necessary for the automotive industry.
Nevertheless, the crisis phenomena did not affect the automobile industry of Kazakhstan so much: for example, in January–August of this year, 68,6 thousand cars were produced in the country, which is an increase of 24,7% compared to the same period last year.
Note: according to analysts Automotive Industry Portal MarkLines, in comparison with many auto-producing countries, the Republic of Kazakhstan occupies the strongest position in the growth of car production in the world. Also, a significant increase in production was noted in ASEAN countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia - by 70,3% and 31,5%, respectively. In China, the leading country in automobile production, production grew by only 4,9% over the same period, and in the United States by 7,4%. Moreover, if in Germany car production increased, albeit by only 3,4%, and in South Korea - by only 1,7%, then in countries such as the UK and Japan, production decreased noticeably - by 9% and 9,7 .XNUMX% respectively. At the same time, for example, residents of the already mentioned South Korea warned, that the waiting time for buyers of Hyundai, Kia and Genesis can take up to 2,5 years (a year earlier, the same cars were delivered to buyers about 11 months after purchase). In addition, in neighboring Russia, car production volumes fell immediately by 58,9%, to 431,8 thousand cars in January–August 2022.
By the way, if we recalculate the ratio of the number of cars produced to the population, the indicator of the Republic of Kazakhstan (35 cars produced in 8 months per 10 thousand people of the population) will be slightly higher than that of Indonesia (32 cars), and noticeably higher than that of India ( 18 cars) or Pakistan (6 cars).
In August 2022 alone, 9 thousand cars were produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is 14,8% more than in August last year.
At the same time, the average monthly production growth this year amounted to 25,3%. The smallest growth was noted in February - by only 4,6%, and the highest in May - by 60,6% compared to the same month a year earlier.\
The largest number of cars was produced in June (11,2 thousand), followed by May (9,9 thousand) and the already mentioned August.
Of the total number of cars produced in January-August of this year, 62,5 thousand were passenger cars - this is an immediate 31,6% increase compared to the same period in 2021. Another 4,8 thousand units of equipment were trucks. Also, 712 buses, 396 trailers and semi-trailers and 182 units of other specialized equipment were produced.
In terms of factories, the largest volume of output fell on Kostanay’s SaryarkaAvtoProm: 42,6 thousand units of equipment. Here production increased by 28,3% over the year.
Next comes Almaty Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan: 22,1 thousand units, growth over the year - by 30,8%. A significant number of cars were also produced at the SemAZ (1,4 thousand units), KAMAZ-Engineering (809 units) and Hyundai Trans Auto (704 units) plants, energyprom.kz reports