Report: Governor says Avtotor signs deals with 3 Chinese firms

MOSCOW, Dec 13 (PRIME) -- Avtotor car plant located in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region has resumed operations and signed car assembly agreements with three Chinese companies to produce up to 2,000 new cars already in 2022, Governor Anton Alikhanov said as broadcasted by Rossiya 24 television channel on Tuesday.

“I am glad to inform you that Avtotor has resumed operations. Indeed, agreements were signed with three Chinese companies, and assembly is already going, it started last week. They plan to produce 1,500–2,000 cars until the end of the year,” he said, adding that “several hundreds of cars have already been manufactured.”

The production plan for 2023 is 50,000 units, while the ultimate goal is to “to achieve the figure of 100,000 cars annually,” he also said.

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