Car production grows in Russia

Some 786,000 cars were manufactured in Russia in the period from January to September 2002, which was 3.8 percent higher than in the corresponding period of last year, the State Statistics Committee reported today. Car production in September 2002 advanced by 5.2 percent compared to September 2001, and decreased by 7 percent compared to August 2002.

Bus production added 21.9 percent in the first nine months of this year and amounted to 48,500; tractor production decreased by 31 percent to 7,500.

Some 26.2m automobile and motorbike tyres were produced in Russia in the period from January to September 2002, which was 0.1 percent lower than in the corresponding period of last year. The production of trucks jumped by 76.5 percent to 7,200 vehicles.

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