OREANDA-NEWS. In October of 2016 the production of motor vehicles in Kazakhstan was 797 units, which is less by 17.9% than the result of the previous year. Thus, after five months of continuous growth the Kazakhstan automobile industry showed a drop for the first time, informed the press service of the Union in the automotive industry of Kazakhstan "KazAvtoProm".

About 85% in the structure of Kazakhstan's car industry in October fell on passenger cars, the production of which reached 677 units - less by 18.9% than a year ago. Accordingly, the rest 120 units include freight and bus vehicles.

Totally, for 10 months of this year, it was produced 9129 units of motor vehicles in the territory of Kazakhstan. Despite the fact that this period ended with a decrease in the production by 20.1%, its individual segments show a positive trend.