Following the results of 9 months of 2018, 22,709 vehicles worth a total of 140.9 billion tenge were produced in Kazakhstan, ortcom.kz reports.

“According to the results of the reporting period, 22,709 vehicles were produced in Kazakhstan, including cars, trucks, buses, special vehicles and trailers, with a total value of 140.9 billion tenge. Production volumes in physical terms surpassed last year’s figure by 70.3%, ”said Oleg Alferov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union of Automotive Enterprises of Kazakhstan KazAvtoProm, at the press conference on the state of development of the automotive industry in Kazakhstan.

As the industry leader, the production of passenger cars increased by 82.6%, reaching 21,137 units.

“Of these, 13,365 units. (63.2%) accounted for the share of AZIA AVTO JSC, and 7,772 units. (36.2%) was issued by SaryarkaAvtoProm LLP, the speaker explained.

At the same time, the production of bus equipment and trucks decreased.

“The output of bus equipment (231 units) in January-September decreased by 1.9 times. The production of trucks (802 units) also decreased by 17.2%, ”said Oleg Alferov.

And the release of specialized autos, according to him, increased from 144 to 151 units, trailers - from 199 to 388 units.

In total, according to the results of September 2018, 3,244 units of motor vehicles descended from the conveyors of Kazakhstan enterprises, which is 2.2 times higher than the result of 2017 (1,503 units).