Renault could sell its Algerian assembly plant
- The Renault assembly plant in Oran, which was inaugurated in 2014, does not at all meet the manufacturer's objectives since it no longer manages to come close to the targeted production level of 75,000 vehicles per year, on the basis of a response to local demand which had suffered at the time from the stoppage of car imports. In 2015, the Renault plant in Oran had manufactured 19,419 vehicles (Clio, Logan, Sandero) then 42,036 in 2016, 60,646 in 2017 and 72,615 in 2018. This steady increase in production rates then made it possible to anticipate a production of 75,000 units per year, the manufacturer's initial objective.
- The first difficulties appeared in 2019, with 60,012 units produced, down 20% compared to 2018, but this was nothing compared to what happened in 2020, where the production volume of the factory in Oran collapsed, falling to 754 units, causing the factory to shut down for many months. In 2021, the factory's activity gradually resumed, but the production volume for the year does not exceed 5,208 units, i.e. twelve times less than in 2019. As a result, the forecasts for the period 2022-2030 are very uncertain and it is not certain that Renault will keep this assembly plant.
- The difficulties would come from the assembly of cars with too low an integration rate, described by the Algerian government as disguised imports. The "screwdriver" factories of several manufacturers established in Algeria were successively closed. Renault, which has always favored its Tangier site in Morocco, may have misunderstood the attitude of the Algerian government regarding its "screwdriver" factory in Oran. This disappointment comes on top of that recorded this year in Russia, with the closure of Avtoframos and the question concerning Avtovaz in which Renault holds 68% of the shares.
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