5,735 new Toyota cars were sold in Baltic States in the first six months of 2017, up by 33% YoY. Toyota’s total market share in Baltics is 14.2%. Toyota sales in Latvia have grown by 25%. 1,264 new Toyota cars have been sold in Latvia since the beginning of the year. More than half of…
The new facility of the Belarusian-Chinese car factory BelGee will start mass production in August, Belarusian First Deputy Industry Minister Gennady Svidersky said. “We plan to conduct performance tests of the car-making plant in August. As many as 222 vehicles will undergo continuous testing. In August we will start mass production and will begin exporting…
The new berry harvester designed by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is intended for harvesting currant, raspberry, black chokeberry, and other varieties, Sergei Yakovchik, the director general of the research and practical center for agriculture mechanization at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, reported. Currently, the berries are harvested in Belarus with…
Production of motor vehicles in Ukraine rose by 72.8% YoY in January-June, to 3,621 units, according to the Ukrautoprom Association. In particular, production of passenger cars grew by 88.3%, to 3,078 units, while the output of commercial vehicles shrank by 49.3% YoY, to 206 units. At the same time, the number of buses produced over…
There are plans to start assembling Belarusian agricultural machines in Tajikistan in autumn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan with concurrent accreditation to Afghanistan Oleg Ivanov reported. The ambassador took part in a seminar for heads of diplomatic missions and consular institutions of Belarus. Products of such Belarusian brands as Bobruiskagromash, MTZ, and…
The Free Economic Zone “Jizakh” held the ceremony of laying a capsule in the foundation of a new production complex of JV “Uzbekistan Peugeot Citroen Automotive”. A modern industrial complex designed to produce 16 thousand cars per annum is set to be built in the framework of the project on a land plot of 45…
Negotiations are in progress on selling the first batch of Belarusian electric buses to Moscow, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Alexander Shumilin reported on June 29. The Russian side demonstrates a strong interest in Belarusian electric transport, said the official. “We have already supplied some buses for test runs. Their…