Sales of Uzbek automobiles fell by 2% from 9,050 units to 8,903 units in August 2012, the committee said.

The committee said that GM Uzbekistan sold 36,364 Nexia cars (-1%) and 23,088 Matiz cars (-12%) in the Russian market in January-August 2012.

In August 2012, the enterprise realized 5,786 Nexia cars (+6%) and 3,117 Matiz cars (-14%) in the Russian car market.

In the result of eight months of 2012, Nexia claimed the thirteenth place among best sellers in Russia, while Matiz was on 21st place.

Uzavtosanoat and South Korea’s Daewoo Motor created a joint venture - UzDaewoo Auto - on parity conditions with the charter capital of US$200 million. In 1996, the venture launched car production plant with the cost of US$650 million in Asaka city of Andijan region. The capacity of the venture is 200,000 cars per year.

In May 2005, Uzavtosanoat purchased 50% shares of Daewoo Motor in UzDaewoo Auto for about US$110 million. General Motors and Uzavtosanoat completed process of creation of GM Uzbekistan on the base of UzDaewooAuto in the end of March 2008. The charter capital of new venture is US$266.7 million.

General Motors owns 25% shares and plus one share in the new venture and it can increase its share up to 40%. Currently, Uzavtosanoat possesses 75% shares in GM Uzbekistan.

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