KamAZ sales rose 18% in May

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RIA Novosti  /  June 1, 2016

May truck sales at Russian truckmaker Kamaz reached almost 2,600 units.

The truckmaker’s solid May results are a continuation of its success this year. KamAZ saw its sales rise 30 percent in the January thru April period over the same 4-month period last year, with total sales of 6,470 trucks.

KamAZ’s Russian domestic truck sales reached nearly 2,000 units in May, a 17.65 percent increase over the same month last year.

Export sales for May totaled 600 trucks.

The truckmaker is forecasting 2016 year global sales of 32,000 trucks, 25,000 units in Russia and 7,000 overseas.

KamAZ ranks 11th among the world's heavy truck manufacturers, and is the eighth largest producer of diesel engines.

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