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The segment of minivans suffered most in the commercial transport sector, GAZ Group told Izvestiya. The plant capacity utilization fell more than twofold in June 2020 on an annualized basis, according to Group data.
Russia’s car production and sales will fall by 15–30% in 2020​, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told PRIME on June 3.
“Unfortunately, there will definitely be a decrease, and we understand that, and we see and estimate the contraction of production and of the market in general from 15% to 30%. It is difficult to speak about specific figures for now, but we understand the situation more or less, so we have this range of indicators,” he said.
The existing RUB25bn state support should help the industry. The support measures include preemptive state procurements, programs of the Transport Ministry and regions for renewal of public transport fleets, he said.
Previously, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said that Russia’s sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) plummeted by 72.4% on the year to 38,922 vehicles in April and fell by 19.1% to 415,102 in January–Apri.
9.1.3​ Aviation sector news
The passenger traffic of Russian airports rose by 29% on the month to 1.89mn people in May​, the Federal Air Transport Agency said on Tuesday. International passenger traffic jumped by 61.5% on the month to 49,100 people in May, and domestic traffic rose by 28.3% to 1.85mn passengers. On Monday, the agency said that the passenger traffic of Russian airlines 91.3%
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