Conveyor "AvtoVAZa" stop until February 2

Holidays at "AvtoVAZ" could last from 29 December to 2 February, the company extends stops the conveyor, said "Finmarket."

"In the OAO AvtoVAZ" decided to extend the holidays for two weeks - until 30 January 2009. Previously announced the introduction of holidays on 29 and 30 December 2008, as well as 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 January 2009 ", - said the report Car.

Conveyor factory will resume work on 2 February, following the termination on 31 January and 1 February. The modalities of work of the trade union committee agreed with OAO AvtoVAZ. Two years conveyor "AvtoVAZa" stayed in the New Year holidays in 10 days.

Previously, "AvtoVAZ" considering the possibility of stopping the conveyor from 19 January to 2 February due to the fact that its suppliers do not work until February. "Suppliers are not something that does not want to work with us, they just can not. And we react to it accordingly reduced. Case in the overall complex situation against the backdrop of financial crisis. We do not pay, respectively, we do not pay, the suppliers can not to give loans to banks. Everything is on the chain - noted in the company.

At times the conveyor workers will receive two-thirds of wages.

On 19 December at a meeting on measures to stimulate and support the automobile industry in crisis in Naberezhnye Chelny Prime Putin promised to allocate budgetary resources, the natural monopolies and the largest private companies for the purchase of locally produced products. "

Putin actually banned "to spend money on the purchase of imported cars." The statement came against the backdrop of the threat of massive unrest in Primorye, associated with an increase of 12 January, 2009 tariffs on imported into Russia .

Primorje reduce duties on new do so. But there will be free dirty "Zhiguli" and other products of the domestic automobile industry. The Government will fully compensate the Railways freight to the Far East of Russia made new cars, said Prime.

The projected Minpromtorga, in 2008, sales of new cars will be 2.77 million units, of which 720 thousand - this new domestic cars, 590 thousand - Russian assembly, and 1.4 million - direct imports, said Kommersant.

In 2009, the Ministry predicts, sales of Russian models will drop to 12.5%, producing cars in Russia - at 12.7%, sales of imported cars - once at 47%. In general decline in the market of new cars could amount to at least 30%.