ASM Holding - According to ASM Holding data, 590,933 transport vehicles (trucks, cars, buses) have been manufactured in Russia within the January-May 2017 period, which is equivalent to a 20.2% year-on-year rise.
Car production has increased by 20.4% during the aforementioned period y/y, with 522,5 thousand units. The production of foreign brand cars in Russia went up 23.6% to 393,3 thousand vehicles.
LCV production has also grown in the same period, by 12.9% to 43,0 thousand units.
Truck production, including light trucks, has risen by 19.1% by the end of the first five months of 2017, amounting to 54,3 thousand units.
Bus production, including microbuses, has increased by 16.5% during the aforementioned period, with 14,3 thousand units.
