Deputy Prime Minister – Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov did not rule out the possibility of producing Chinese cars at the Mercedes plant, which the Avtodom dealer wants to buy. At the same time, he added that most of the automotive industries in Russia are now organized in the form of joint ventures.
Today we have a common approach of placing production with car companies for almost all projects, with the exception of Haval (where production is carried out directly under the Chinese brand) – to create joint production, so it is not excluded that production can are organized in this venture with the participation of our foreign partners – in this case colleagues from China. But the final decision has not yet been made,” said Manturov.
On the eve it became known that the assembly of Chinese premium cars of the Hongqi (Hongqi) brand could begin at the Mercedes-Benz plant near Moscow.
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Source: RIA Novosti