SRB: Exports of vehicles soared from 221milion to 1 billion dollars

September 9, 2013

In order to automotive industry became a strategic commercial industry, which could pull over Serbia out of the crisis, it is necessary arrival of another major manufacturer. New strategic partner should engage additionally Serbian suppliers , says Ljubisa Obradovic, Secretary of the Association of Metal and Electrical of Chamber Commerce of Serbia .

The results achieved by this industry this year encourage very much. The physical volume of industrial production of transport components for the first six months of this year has tripled, related to the same period last year. Exports , from January to June 2012. was 221 million EUR, while in the same period of 2013th was even 1,039 billion. When we speak only about cars, the 2012th export amounted 399 million dollars and import was 282 million dollars. A significant increase was recorded in 2013th year , when, only for first six months exported cars for 817 million dollars, while was imported for 181 million ..

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The biggest exporter – ” Fiat Cars Serbia ” , according to the Ministry of Finance , in the first eight months exported goods from 952,4 million.

Kragujevac factory, on this year, plans to produce between 110,000 and 150,000 cars, and the most of the products going abroad .

Serial production of new model “500 L ” began in July last year, and in May the first shipment went to the United States . This car model is produced in three versions, or, as off-road vehicle , and more available models with five or seven seats .

Beside the U.S., ” L 500 ” is exported to the UK, France, Germany, and, as they say in the “Fiat” especially good sales is in Scandinavia.

Last year is produced and exported about 30,000 cars, “500 L” , and it is expected that this year’s exports could reach 1.5 billion euro. Otherwise, the new factory and joint investment of Serbian and Italian “Fiat” started in 2010th year, by production of “punto” , mostly for Serbian and regional markets.

In car factory in Kragujevac currently is employed about 3,000 workers , and the work is carried out in three shifts.

Number of registered companies in Serbia, engaged in production of means of transport is 342 , with 21,450 employees , which represent 2.1 percent of total employment in the economy of Serbia .