"According to the results of 9 months of 2020, the Russian market amounted to 1 million 150 thousand cars, which is 13.6% less than last year," TASS quotes Pak.
According to him, "the manufacturing sector is also showing negative dynamics."
He said that at the moment "this is -25% in 9 months, which is largely due to the suspension of production due to measures aimed at preventing the spread of the new coronavirus infection."
At the same time, Pak noted that "thanks to the measures taken by the automotive industry, the enterprises of the industry are currently increasing production volumes."
“If we look - in September, the market demonstrates a steady growth of 3.4%, production by 5.5% - this is September to September.
In October there will also be a plus, plus a few percent, ”he added.
Earlier, the Izvestia newspaper reported, citing data from Autostat Info, that 356,380 used foreign cars were sold in Russia in September 2020, which is 30.5% more than a year earlier.