OREANDA-NEWS. At the moment, car sales at a discount under the program exceeded 131 thousand cars. Among them, according to Ministry of industry and trade, through the recycling program it was sold 87,261 (66.43%), through trade-in - 44,095 vehicles. The vast majority (90%) of customers - are individuals.

Last week the most active sales by the program were recorded at dealers of AvtoVAZ (more than 2.7 thousand cars). The top ten of this conditional rating also included "GAZ" (it was sold about 2 thousand cars), "KAMAZ" and "UAZ". Sales increased markedly over the last week (under the state program of parc renovation) of light commercial vehicles. Their share was 16%.

"Weekly analysis of the results shows that the program is highly demanded by the public", - said, the head of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, by commenting on the interim results of the Programme. - In the course of the business trips in the region, I am often at dealerships and buyers say that the purchase of a new car with the help of recycling gives a real savings. Often, domestic cars are purchased instead of donated foreign cars. Our cars are cheaper to operate, and in many ways they are not inferior to their foreign competitors, say consumers themselves.