Production and market in Kazakhstan have nearly doubled in 2013
- The production of passenger vehicles (PC) in Kazakhstan is expected to almost double in 2014 to more than 60,000 units, I.E. a little less than Serbia (to compare to a European country). In 2013, the country assembled 37,469 cars (from CKD), which is twice more than the previous year, plus 992 buses.
- The main assembly plant of the country (Asia Auto) produces cars under license (31,005 in 2013 against 16,513 in 2012).
- Main brands are Lada, Skoda, Chevrolet and Kia. Asia Auto Production is composed mainly of B and C segments as well as SUVs, all sold locally .
- The passenger car (PC) market of Kazakhstan (17 million inhabitants) is also growing rapidly, rising from 86,961 units in 2012 to 153 665 in 2013, which represents an increase of nearly 80 %. Kazakh market of passenger cars is now equivalent to the Algerian market (159,904 in 2013) and higher than that of Greece (11 million inhabitants), Portugal (11 million inhabitants) and Finland (5 million inhabitants).
- In 2013, 76 % of registrations came from imports (78 % in 2012) , mainly from Russia and Uzbekistan. The brands most sold in 2013 were Lada ( 57,478 units ), ahead of Daewoo ( 13,371 units ), Hyundai ( 12,250 units ), Toyota ( 12,132 units ), Kia (11,913 units ), Chevrolet ( 10 041 units ), Nissan ( 6,392 units ), Renault ( 4,920 units) and Skoda ( 4,703 units).
