Toyota suspends production at St. Petersburg plant for 6 days

ST. PETERSBURG. March 30. KAZINFORM Japanese carmaker Toyota on Monday suspended for six working days the production of Camry cars at its plant near St. Petersburg, a company spokesman said.

"The assembly line was halted today and the cars are not being produced," the spokesman said. The Shushary plant near St. Petersburg is due to restart production on April 7. Employees are to be paid two-thirds of their average salary for the duration of the suspension. The plant, which employs 750 workers and has a capacity of 20,000 cars per year, started manufacturing Camry cars in December 2007. Since the start of the year several car factories in Russia have temporarily suspended production over rising prices for auto parts and other supplies and declining sales amid the financial crisis, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.