Car sales in Kazakhstan increased by almost a third in April

Sales growth on the official Kazakh market amounted to 29,5% compared to last month. Taking into account export sales, 3680 cars were sold on the official Kazakh market in April - 839 units more than in March. In total, since the beginning of the year, car dealer sales amounted to 11 cars. This is 830 cars less than in the same period in 3112 (2016 units).

In April, imported cars accounted for 65,7% of total sales. At the end of the previous month, the share of imported cars was 67,6%. The share of Kazakhstan-made cars increased to 34,3% of total sales in April against 32,4% in March.

The leading position in terms of sales volume based on the results of 4 months of this year is Toyota with a result of 2338 units. Second place belongs to Lada cars - 2104 cars were sold in just four months. Third place in the ranking is occupied by Renault with 853 units. sales since the beginning of the year. In April, dealers sold 186 cars of this brand.

At the end of April, Toyota remained the sales leader with a result of 803 units. Quantitative growth compared to March 2017 was 23,9%. Lada cars are in second place with a sales volume of 641 units. with an increase of 33,2% compared to the previous month. Third place in the ranking with an increase of 70,1% and a volume of 325 cars is occupied by Kia. Automotive brands also showed an increase in sales in April: Ssangyong, Hyundai, Lexus, Gaz, BMW, UAZ.

Among the premium segment costing over 20 million tenge, the most popular car is the Toyota LC200. In April, 42 cars of this brand were sold.

Also in April, there is an increase in demand for commercial equipment. The growth was shown by such brands as Kamaz, IVECO, Hyundai

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Car sales in Kazakhstan increased by almost a third in April - AKAB
In export sales, Toyota showed an increase of 72% compared to last month - a total of 19 cars of this brand were exported in March. Also in April, 17 units of Hyundai commercial vehicles were exported. In just 4 months, Kazakhstan sold 294 cars to foreign markets.

For your information:

The Association of Kazakhstan Automotive Business is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 as a voluntary association of official dealers, importers, distributors and manufacturers of passenger and commercial vehicles in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

AKAB unites the main official automobile manufacturers, importers, distributors and dealers of Kazakhstan: SaryarkaAvtoProm LLP, AgromashHolding JSC, Hyundai Com Trans LLP, Kamaz-Engineering JSC, SemAZ LLP, KMK Astana Motors, Toyota LLP Motor Kazakhstan", Mercur, Virage LLP and others.

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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Date: 15.05.2017