As part of the program for the purchase of old cars from the beginning of 2018, Kazakhstanis donated 20,224 units of equipment for recycling.

As Oleg Alferov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Automobile Industry Enterprises of Kazakhstan KazAvtoProm, informed at a press conference in the Central Communications Service, 2,728 vehicles were purchased by participants of the state program of preferential auto loans during January-September 2018. They accounted for 13.2% of local car sales.

“Within the framework of the program for the purchase of old cars, the people of Kazakhstan have donated 20,224 units since the beginning of the year. technology. According to the results of the implementation of the second stage of the VETS recycling program, 10,898 discount certificates were issued for the purchase of new vehicles. In total, 11,408 certificates were used at the country's car dealerships, for which Kazakhstanis acquired 6,201 domestic-made cars, ”he said.

According to Oleg Alferov, the contribution of industry enterprises to the structure of the republic's GDP in the first 9 months of this year. amounted to 140.9 billion tenge (+ 50.7% compared to a year ago), which is significantly higher than the similar figures in the pharmaceutical and light industries. Investments of automobile industry enterprises in fixed assets during the reporting period reached 1.042 billion tenge.

Recall the ALE "The Union of Automotive Enterprises of Kazakhstan" KazAvtoProm "is a sectoral union that brings together the largest participants in the automotive industry of Kazakhstan. Established in 2015. The share of enterprises-participants of the Union accounts for over 60% of the output of the Kazakhstan car industry and more than 40% of those employed in the automotive industry of the republic.