Great Wall Motor exports just 14 vehicles to Russia in H1

Published: 23 Jun 2009 22:29:35 PST

Shanghai, June 24 (Gasgoo.com) Great Wall Motor Co, China's largest manufacturer of sports utility vehicles (SUV) and pick-up trucks, said it only sold 14 vehicles in Russia so far this year, Xinhua reports on Wednesday.

Zhang Xinguang, general manager of Great Wall Motor's Russia unit, attributed a lack of sales to tough industry protectionist measures introduced in the country. Since last November the Russia government began to levy 15 percent import tax on complete vehicles and no less than 5,000 euros on each imported car body part.

"As most of Great Wall Motor's products are assembled in Russia in semi-knocked down kit forms, we were inevitably affected by the new tax policy," said Zhang.

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