Production of trucks fell by a quarter in 2022

According to Rosstat, the production of trucks in 2022 was 141 thousand units, which is 24.3% lower than a year earlier. It is worth noting that in March, the vast majority of truck manufacturers in our country stopped production due to sanctions restrictions or a shortage of components due to a break in supply chains cause of the situation around Ukraine. At the same time, KAMAZ, the Gorky Automobile Plant and Ural continued to work.

In addition, after Ford announced the cessation of production of Transit cars in our country and the exit from the joint venture with the Russian Sollers, Sollers Alabuga plant in November began production of new models of light commercial vehicles under the Sollers brand - Atlant and Argo. Also, MAN, Scania, Iveco and Mercedes-Benz announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the sale of their assets in Russia to local partners. We add that in 2022 KAMAZ kept production at the same level, by producing 43,828 vehicles (-0.7%).

In addition, the enterprise began mass production of the Compass light truck. And at the Gorky Automobile Plant, the production of a light commercial vehicle "Sobol NN" started.