OREANDA-NEWS. Ministry of Economic Development proposes to defer for a year to achieve the 50 per cent level of localization of production of auto companies, which are operating under the agreements on industrial assembly. In addition, the Ministry proposes to change the calculation of the location. The formula remains the same (it was built on the ratio of the cost of imported parts to the cost of sold goods - higher import costs, the lower the level of localization), but, according to the Ministry of Economic Development, it is required to consider the cost of not only sold cars, but also the stored cars in the warehouse, informed the newspaper " Vedomosti ". 

Earlier, some foreign carmakers that built auto plants in Russia, in particular the group Volkswagen, asked officials to neutralize the negative effect of the devaluation of the ruble: after the fall of the ruble, the localization index falls. At the end of 2014 claims for the "new agreements" to no one were, but at the end of 2015 due to the devaluation it may be problems, says an employee of one of the automakers.

"A weak ruble - is a challenge for us. Everyone thought that this nightmare will end in the past year, but the Russian currency continues to become cheaper|, - said recently the CEO of Volkswagen Group Rus, Marcus Osegowitsch in an interview with "Russia 24". – “With the new exchange rate, we are still localizing the previous volume capacity. "

Initially it was discussed the idea of entering into the formula for calculating the correction coefficient of localization, which would reduce the impact of currency shocks on the level of localization. The issue remains in limbo: the alliance Renault-Nissan-AvtoVAZ and KAMAZ-OAS-Daimler are boosted it, says the source "Vedomosti" close to the consortium. According to him, the formula should not include stocks.

"AVTOVAZ welcomes the Government's efforts to support the automotive industry - both in terms of business and sales - and it sees their performance," - says a company representative. "With us it was discussed possible changes, but not the published project", - said the representative of Renault. According to him, "it will help only those companies who have a low level of localization." Achieved level of localization for the parties of a multilateral agreement – is 68% in 2014. 

"We have completed the localization targets for 2014 and 2015 (40 and 45%, respectively). Our further plans to increase gradually this share remained unchanged as this strategy allows the stability of the business in the long term, "- said the representative of Ford Sollers.

"We understand the reasons for these changes. But in this situation it is changing the balance of competitive conditions, since the softening of conditions of industrial assembly the enterprises with a deep degree of localization take a greater load," - said the vice-president of" GAZ Group", Elena Matveeva.

As the analyst of "VTB Capital", Vladimir Bespalov, said, the failure or default risk of containment requirements is not associated with the companies themselves, but with the change of exchange rates, so officials go forward. Moreover, Russia is interested in continuing to work with large investors, the expert emphasizes.