In Russia, the sales of the company AvtoVAZ in May fell by 84%, and amounted to six thousand cars.
According to the Association of European Business (AEB), last month the total number of passenger car sales in the domestic car market decreased. Thus, May 2022 was marked by a drop in new car sales by 83.5%, or 123,110 units, compared to May 2021.
AvtoVAZ sold 6,012 cars in May compared to 38,284 cars during the same period in 2021.
In January-May the domestic carmaker's total sales in the country dropped by 58%.
The head of the concern, Maxim Sokolov, said that the company plans to resume car production at the beginning of June.