Export of passenger cars fell by 45% in January-August

The export of passenger cars from Russia for eight months of 2020 fell by 45% and reached 40.4 thousand units for $ 609.4 million, according to the data of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia. At the same time, 3.8 thousand vehicles (-36.6% versus July) were sent to foreign markets in August for $ 58.6 million.

The export of trucks in January-August fell by 16.3% and reached 7.3 thousand vehicles for 186 million dollars. In August, about 900 trucks were delivered abroad (+ 25.2% versus July) for $ 19.7 million. As AUTOSTAT reported earlier, Renault Russia started the deliveries of the new Kaptur to the CIS countries in September. And GAZ Group entered the Vietnamese market with a line of GAZelNext commercial vehicles.