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All articles by Vladislav Vorotnikov – Page 6
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ArticleSkoda restores vehicle assembly in Ukraine
Skoda is reintroducing volume assembly in Ukraine, making it the first foreign carmaker to produce cars in significant numbers there since 2014.The VW-owned company has boosted production at the joint-venture facility it set up with Atoll Holding Group subsidiary Eurocar back in 2001 at Solomonovo, just 2km from the borders ...
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ArticleWTO court orders Russia to cut duties on European LCVs
The World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement association, the Appellate Body, has ruled Russian anti-dumping duties on light commercial vehicles (LCVs) imported from Germany and Italy illegal. The Russian federal government now has to lower the duties or face penalties.The EU expects Russia to remove the anti-dumping duties on LCVs altogether, ...
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ArticleEU emissions rules leave Russia’s carmakers in a quandary
Russian carmakers may be forced to cut exports to the European Union as a result of the latter’s latest carbon emissions regulations, it has emerged.In a statement released earlier this month, Avtovaz said the latest EU legislation required finished vehicles to have CO2 emissions of under 120g/km, while AvtoVaz’s flagship ...
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ArticleRussia seeks to revive vehicle assembly in Syria
Russian companies are considering starting up a number of automotive assembly plants in Syria, Vladimir Padalko, the vice-president of the Russian Trade and Industry Chamber, has revealed.Speaking at the Russia-Syria Investment Forum in Moscow recently, he said the idea of setting up assembly of finished vehicles there by Russian companies ...
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ArticleBMW confirms Kaliningrad as site of new Russian plant
BMW has named the Kaliningrad region as the site of its new Russian assembly plant, Denis Manturov, Russia’s industry and trade minister, has revealed. The move has since been confirmed by a BMW spokesperson, according to several news outlets.The German luxury car manufacturer has been looking at locations around Moscow, ...
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ArticleVW signs tax exemption deal with Russia
Volkswagen has become the first carmaker to sign a tax exemption deal with the Russian government, according to a recent statement on its website.Under the agreement, the German carmaker is exempt from payment of VAT and excise rates on automotive components, whether imported or produced in Russia, where they are ...
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ArticleGM-Uzbekistan plans production in Kyrgyzstan and Russia
GM's joint venture with the government of Uzbekistan has revealed plans to open assembly plants in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and in Russia.Jahongir Tillaev, director of sales and service for GM-Uzbekistan, said the move would benefit both the company and its customers, as it would ultimately bring down the price of vehicles ...
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ArticleRussian regulation: Get local or get going
The industrial assembly policy that Russia’s government has been pursuing since 2008 initially looked to have played out quite well, encouraging the world’s leading automotive manufacturers to build assembly plants in the country. But after several economic crises, including a sharp devaluation of the rouble in 2014 and subsequent market ...
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ArticleGM ceases assembly in Belarus in favour of exports to Russia from US
GM has ceased assembly of Chevrolet and Cadillac cars in Belarus for the local market and for Russia, following its exit from production in Russia in 2015.The vehicles, starting with the Opel Mokka and Chevrolet Tracker (elsewhere renamed the Trax) and later the Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade, were assembled ...
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ArticleGeely joint venture opens biggest car plant in Belarus
BelGee, a joint venture between the government of Belarus and Chinese carmaker Geely, has just opened the biggest vehicle assembly plant in Belarus.Total production capacity at the plant in Borisov will eventually be around 120,000 vehicles a year.Output will be gradually ramped up, it was revealed at the opening ceremony ...
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ArticleRussian carmakers to export vehicles to Latin America
Russian carmakers UAZ and GAZ will begin exporting vehicles to Latin America early next year.Andrey Dorofeev, director of UAZ’s export department, said the carmaker planned to export several trial batches of its Patriot SUV model to Mexico in the coming two months and would also make some trial shipments to ...
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ArticleBMW to open assembly plant in Russia ahead of state procurement rule
BMW has confirmed plans to build an assembly plant in Russia to produce vehicles for the domestic market with localised parts. The move has been made ahead of a new state procurement scheme that will oblige regional and federal authorities to purchase only vehicles manufactured in Russia for their own ...
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ArticleRussia to provide loans to foreign customers for export purchases
Russia will allocate up to 30 billion roubles ($500m) in the form of soft loans during 2018 for foreign customers willing to purchase finished vehicles made in the country, according to industry and trade minister, Denis Manturov (pictured).The country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is also planning to create a ...
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ArticleVolkswagen pulls the plug on exports from Russia
VW has announced it will cease exports of finished vehicles from Russia in a few weeks’ time, as a result of high raw materials costs, quality issues and differing emissions standards.Speaking to local news outlet Interfax recently, Oliver Grunberg, technical director of Volkswagen Group Rus, said: “The last batch of ...
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ArticleSollers plans to relaunch assembly of SsangYong vehicles in Russia
Speaking in a recent press conference, Vadim Shvetsov, the CEO of Sollers revealed that the Russian company plans to relaunch assembly of SsangYong finished vehicles at its plant near Vladivostok from next year.He added, however, that this is being considered under a “the best scenario” as demand for SsangYong cars ...
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ArticleGefco considers a spending spree in Russia
Transport and logistics company Gefco plans to spend up to €400m ($478m) on mergers and acquisitions over the next few years, including a possible €20-30m earmarked for Russia, according to CEO, Luc Nadal, in an interview with the Russian media outlet Vedomosti.Nadal revealed that the company, which is majority owned ...
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ArticleRussia to cut subsidies on finished vehicle transport from Far East
A draft decree recently released by the Russian Ministry for Trade and Industry shows that it plans to allocate 850m rubles ($14.3m) this year to subsidise finished vehicle movements from the Far East to the European side of the country.In total, the Russian government plans to reimburse transport costs for ...
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ArticleUkraine’s automotive industry on its way to a revival
Ukraine’s automotive market is building on the recovery that started at the end of last year, when the three-year slump in the passenger car market levelled off and a rebound began. Latest figures show that in the first half of 2017, the number of cars sold there rose 36% to ...
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ArticleRussian 3PLs fear further road transport crisis while rail's surplus grows
Russian automotive logistics providers have begun to raise concerns about a further capacity crisis in road transport this autumn, as finished vehicle volumes pick up after the summer.Speaking to Automotive Logistics around the presentations at the recent Automotive Logistics Russia summit, Kirill Glukhov, business development director at Vectura, said a ...
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ArticleLCVs recovering better than passenger cars in Russian market
The light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in Russia is experiencing a better recovery than that of light passenger vehicles – though it will be some time yet before it achieves pre-crisis levels, Tatiana Hristova, manager CEE – European Light Vehicle Sales Forecast at IHS Automotive, has suggested.Speaking to Automotive Logistics ...