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OREANDA-NEWS. KAMAZ plans to produce in August 1417 trucks, said the CEO of company, Yuri Gerasimov. It is noted that the timetable of KAMAZ was changed "in connection with the increase in orders for the trucks." The production will run August 3-7 and August 24-27 but August 28th was announced the day of downtime, August 31 was announced a day off as the Day of the Republic of Tatarstan - August 30 - falls on a Sunday, says the agency "Finmarket". In addition, from August 10 to 23, the company will stop the production in connection with the annual corporate paid leave.

"Already in August, despite a corporate holiday, it is planned to assemble 1417 vehicles. With the pace of 160 vehicles per a day we will work for nine days. The increase in car production is planned from September, and, according to the bids of vendors, we are planning to go to a full five-day working week in October, "- said Mr.Gerasimov.

KAMAZ is the largest Russian producer of commercial vehicles. KAMAZ sales on the Russian market in 2014 were 32.6 thousand vehicles (down by 14.4% in 2013), total sales including export - 38.9 thousand vehicles (-11.2%). The share of KAMAZ in the Russian market of trucks with GVW of 14-40 tonnes was 45.9% against 44.7% in 2013.