OREANDA-NEWS. July 21, 2010. Three years ago KAMAZ opened its trade office in Ukraine. These three years were difficult, but the Ukrainian sales and service network of OJSC KAMAZ celebrates its anniversary in 2010 confidently facing the future.

To date OJSC KAMAZ has got not only its trade office in Ukraine. The Russian corporation adopted a new scheme of production delivery to this country: via an official importer. A decision to establish the single importing company was announced at OJSC KAMAZ’s official dealers’ meeting which took place on April 28, 2010 in Kiev. KAMAZ’s strategy in the Ukrainian market included development of Chernigovsky Automobile Center KAMAZ on the basis of which it was decided to establish KAMAZ’s Trade Company – OJSC KAMAZ’s subsidiary. The whole KAMAZ trade and service network in Ukraine includes 9 dealer organizations and 10 authorized service centers.

The consequences of the global financial crisis adversely affected OJSC KAMAZ’s clients’ and the Ukrainian customers’ purchasing power. However, specialists of the trade and service network managed to turn developments of the last two years to their own, KAMAZ’s and KAMAZ’s customers’ advantage working in close cooperation with the management of the main office.

According to the data of AUTO-Consulting Information Analysis Group, in the first half-year 2010 the share of KAMAZ’s production made 31% in the Ukrainian market in the segment of trucks with payload of over 16t. More often such equipment is used in the agrarian sector strategically important for the Ukrainian economy. There are “stars” and “outsiders” among vehicles in this area. To the former belong KAMAZ vehicles the most popular of which is KAMAZ-45143. This model alone takes 13.2% of the Ukrainian market of trucks with payload of over 16t!

KAMAZ’s production takes a bit smaller volume in the market of trucks with payload of 8-16t: in the first half-year it formed 17.2%. There is something to be proud of though: its increase made up 8% in comparison with the first half-year of 2009.