Over eight months, car production in Kazakhstan increased by 47%

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• Since the beginning of the year, 28 vehicles have been produced in Kazakhstan, of which 611 vehicles were exported.
The demand for domestically produced cars shows pre-crisis figures; in January-August, automakers produced 28 611 units of equipment (+ 46,9 %) for total cost 197 million tenge. The cumulative result of the eight months of 2019 in monetary terms exceeds last year’s figures by 68%.
“Mechanical engineering continues to be a priority sector of the country’s industrial and innovative development, while the contribution of the automotive industry to the structure of the industry is growing from year to year and today exceeds 26%. Production volumes have increased by one and a half times, the growth rate allows us to count on the production of at least 40 thousand cars by the end of the year. At the same time, this year, according to our forecasts, the country’s automobile market will grow to 78 thousand units of passenger and commercial vehicles.”  - about this vice president AKAB Anar MAKASHEVA reported at the VII Forum of Mechanical Engineers of Kazakhstan.
According to Association of Kazakhstan Auto Business (AKAB), in 2019 produced in Kazakhstan 25 586 passenger cars (+ 40,5 %), 1 658 trucks (+ 142,4 %), in 3,6 times more buses - 780 units, 540 trailers and semi-trailers (+ 90,8 %) and 47 units of other specialized equipment.

Based on the results of eight months, the greatest growth is demonstrated by "SaryarkaAvtoProm" — Kostanay enterprise doubled car production — 13 092 units of cars, trucks and buses worth 100 million tenge. In Ust-Kamenogorsk at the enterprise "Asia Auto" Was collected 13 107 auto (+ 14 %) total cost 69 million tenge. In Semey SemAZ produced 774 truck and buses, Kokshetau "KAMAZ Engineering" produced 494 trucks, Hyundai Trans Auto 180 units commercial equipment, on account Daewoo Bus Kazakhstan— 179 buses.

In eight months, locally produced cars reached 60% of all sales, which is more than 26 thousand units. Nine of the ten most popular cars in the country are made in Kazakhstan. At the end of 2019, dealers Hyundai sold 8 609 cars produced in Kostanay, which 86% more than in 2018. Sales Lada grew by 23% to 9 974 units. Cars Kia on the third line with the result 2 151 units (+ 40 %), which is catching up Ravon - 1 071 cars for less than three months of production at SaryarkaAvtoProm. In addition, automobiles are demonstrating unprecedented until recently volumes of exports to Russia. JAC. Since the beginning of the year, the total amount spent on exports 1 320 a car.

​​​​​​​​This year, more than 2 thousand loans were issued for the purchase of passenger cars made in Kazakhstan within the framework of the preferential lending program. Financing of the program is of a revolving nature: payments repaid by borrowers are used to finance new buyers of Kazakhstan-made cars.
Date: 18.09.2019