Over 20 thou vehicles produced in Kazakhstan in 2 mths of this year

According to the Kazakhstan Automobile Union, in January-February 2024, domestic enterprises produced 22,726 vehicles worth over 294.8 billion tenge. This year’s production indicators are 16.4% higher than in January-February 2023, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports.

Kazakhstan produces passenger cars more than any other vehicle (20,899 units, +19.2% by January-February 2023). Also, domestic enterprises managed to increase bus production by 76.5% to 464 units. However, there is a decline in truck production to 1,108 units (-29.1%).

Based on the results of two months of 2024, 12,738 units of equipment were produced in Kostanay (Allur) (+19.9%). In Almaty (Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan, Hyundai Trans Almaty) 7,656 (+1.7%) passenger and commercial vehicles were produced. In Semey (SemAZ, Daewoo Bus Kazakhstan) – 907 units of commercial vehicles (+49.4%). In Karaganda region (QazTehna) – 242 buses (+30.8%). Kokshetau (KAMAZ-Engineering) produced 167 units of commercial vehicles. In Uralsk, Uralskagroremmash produced 23 units of equipment.

The top five most popular manufactured brands for January-February 2024 (including exports): Hyundai (7,612 units, +1.8%), Kia (4,077; +6.9%), Chevrolet (3,524; -14, 1%), Jac (2,755; +11.1%) and Jetour (2,293). By model, the most produced cars were Hyundai Tucson (4,495), Chevrolet Cobalt (2,857), Jetour X70 (1,966), Kia Sportage (1,681) and Jac J7 (1,244).

It was previously reported that in 2023 Kazakhstan hit its own record for sales of new cars.