Production of passenger cars in Russia grew by 16.9% y/y in June to 121,000 units, according to Rosstat. Compared to May of this year, car production grew by 16.3%.
Production of trucks increased by 9.4% in June compared with June of last year and by 16.6% compared to May this year to 13,800 units. Bus production in June increased by 32.1% versus June 2016 and by 14.8% compared to May 2017, up to 2,400 units.
Production of passenger cars in Russia in the first half increased by 20.7% compared to the same period last year, to 647,000 units. Truck production in January-June increased by 16.4% over the same period last year to 68,600 vehicles.