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All articles by Vladislav Vorotnikov – Page 8
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GM stays tight-lipped over plans for production in St Petersburg
GM has declined to comment on suggestions that production at its plant in St Petersburg could restart by the end of the year.Production was stopped at the plant back in mid-2015 because GM could see no likelihood of improvement in the Russian market on the horizon.Comments made recently by policymakers ...
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ArticleRail transport in Russia: Tracking the downturn
Rail transport of finished vehicles in Russia is dropping fast under the combined pressure of rising charges, falling state subsidies and dwindling demand for new vehiclesRail transport of finished vehicles in Russia is falling fast – faster even than a new vehicle market that has virtually collapsed over the past ...
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ArticleSupply problems hit Avtovaz production in Russia
Russian carmaker Avtovaz is facing serious ongoing supply problems to its plants in the country. Last week (September 6th) it was forced to stop the line at its joint venture plant with GM in Togliatti because of disruption to inbound parts supply for the Chevrolet Niva. Two days later several ...
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ArticleEurasian Economic Union slashes import duties on electric vehicles
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which comprises Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, has lowered duties on the import of electric vehicles (EVs) for a year, running from September 2nd this year to August 31st, 2017.Currently the duty on light electric passenger vehicles stands at 17% of their value but ...
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ArticleFord reveals five-year deal in Russia with Vectura
[Updated July 28th] Uncertainty in the Russian automotive market has left many firms unwilling to enter into long-term agreements, but Ford and Vectura – the Russian branch of Polish finished vehicle logistics provider Adampol – have revealed a new five-year contract signed back in September that will see Vectura handling ...
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ArticleDaimler granted preliminary approval for new plant near Moscow
Daimler has applied to Russia’s Ministry of Industry for a special investment contract (SIC) to start assembling Mercedes-Benz passenger cars at a site near Moscow by 2018. Regional governor Andrey Vorobiev said at a recent press conference that the plant would be located near Sheremetyevo International Airport and would have ...
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ArticleRussia: Too little, too late?
[sta_anchor id="1"]Russia’s softening of localisation requirements for carmakers is a welcome step forward but it may not help the country’s flagging automotive sector as much the government would likeUntil recently, the Russian government was standing firm on the localisation requirements it had agreed with carmakers, even as the market virtually ...
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Russia begins to ease restrictions on Turkish imports
A number of players in the Russian automotive sector are beginning to report an easing in the additional customs restrictions that have been used to target parts imports from Turkey since two of its F-16 fighters shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber near the Syrian border late last year.In the ...
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ArticleRussia conference: Why forecasts are futile in the finished vehicle sector
The Russian car market could easily face a sudden shortage of transporter capacity if vehicle sales recover over the next three years, those attending last week’s Automotive Logistics Russia conference were warned.The current crisis in the Russian car market is having a serious impact on the vehicle transporter sector, with ...
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ArticleRussian car exports to Ukraine pick up
Despite continuing geopolitical tensions between the two countries, car exports from Russia to Ukraine have shown signs of improvement for the first time in three years, according to the latest statistics from the Association of Ukrainian Motor Vehicles Manufacturers (UkrAutoprom).Russian vehicle exports to Ukraine fell 57% last year compared to ...
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ArticleScope of GM-Uzbekistan fraud investigation widens
Executives at a number of GM-Uzbekistan’s dealerships are understood to have been arrested recently in connection with an alleged fraud relating to the export of vehicles to Russia via Kazakhstan. The latest arrests follow those of GM-Uzbekistan’s CEO, Tokhirjon Jalilov and nine other GM-Uzbekistan executives last month.The most recent arrests ...
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ArticleFord-Sollers to reform supplier arrangements in Russia
Ford-Sollers is planning to increase localisation of inbound materials in Russia from 50% to 55% this year and review its arrangements with tier one suppliers in an effort to cut its logistics spend, the carmaker’s vice-president, Adel Sherinov, has revealed.Despite its 93% growth in sales in Russia in the first ...
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ArticleTop GM-Uzbekistan execs arrested over fraud allegations
Tokhirjon Jalilov, the chief executive officer of GM-Uzbekistan, has been arrested along with nine other executives at the joint venture company, after an investigation by Uzbekistan’s General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO) alleging fraud in relation to the export of vehicles to Russia via Kazakhstan.National security services made the arrests on April ...
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ArticleComponent makers start to invest as Ukraine’s economy picks up
The first signs of a recovery in the Ukraine automotive industry have begun to appear after several electric automotive components manufacturers recently announced plans to invest in plants in the west of the country with a view to exporting across Europe.In the last few years, the automotive industry in the ...
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ArticleRussia and Poland reach agreement on permit dispute…for now
Nikolay Asaul, deputy head of the Russian transport ministryAfter several weeks of hard negotiations, Russia and Poland have finally reached an agreement on the issuing of permit quotas required for trucks to carry freight between the two countries."We have signed a protocol on the quotas of mutual permits we ...
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ArticleRussia and Vietnam reach agreement on duty-free exports
Russia’s industry and trade minister Denis Manturov (right) and his counterpart in Vietnam, Vu Huy Hoang, have signed an agreement for the establishment of several assembly lines in Vietnam that will make Russian cars from imported vehicle kits and spare parts.The agreement also involves duty-free supply of cars under this ...
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ArticleRussia: Buried under the rouble
With a bad situation in Russia expected to get even worse this year, Russian logistics providers are doing all they can to hold on to businessIn 2015, the Russian automotive logistics sector felt the effects of the country’s car sales crisis, with the demand for service providers throughout Russia falling ...
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ArticleRussian carmakers decry Kazakhstan’s customs policy
Russian carmakers say they have been dramatically hit by the utilisation and registration fee on vehicle imports introduced by neighbouring Kazakhstan at the beginning of this year. Alexander Morozov, Russia's deputy minister of industry and tradeThe registration fee for new cars varies between $300-400 per unit, while the utilisation fee, ...
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Blockade in Ukraine adds to transport problems between Europe and Russia
The disruption to road freight shipments of cars and components between Russia and Europe has been exacerbated, with a recent blockade of trucks organised in Ukraine.According to Russia’s Tass news agency, Ukrainian radicals in the Transcarpathian region announced an open-ended action to block the transit of Russian trucks from and ...
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Конфликт из-за разрешений на грузоперевозки приведет к росту логистических затрат
После возникших на прошлой неделе разногласий относительно разрешений на грузоперевозки между Польшей и Россиейтранспортные компании и логистические провайдеры вынуждены искать альтернативные пути доставки авто и автокомпонентов из Европы в Россию. Ho эти альтернативные пути, в частности, морем, будут для некоторых провайдеров логистики слишком дорогими."Вместо автодорожных маршрутов через Польшу мы можем ...