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	<title>Comments on: Geely and Chery to retire from the Russian market?</title>
	<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/</link>
	<description>Explaining the Chinese Car Industry and Chinese Cars</description>
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		<title>By: Mememe</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34220</link>
		<author>Mememe</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34220</guid>
		<description>I don't know if this news is a rumour or not.


But this is something else i got

http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=93937



and this


Chinese automaker Chery to organize full-scale production in Russia 

China's Chery Automobile plans to build a plant in the Russian Republic of Udmurtia, in the Volga region, to produce cars, engines, gearboxes, drive gear, and axles. 
Chery President Yin Tongyao and Alexander Volkov, president of Udmurtia, discussed the possibility yesterday.
The Chery management is holding meetings with regional authorities and potential partners, according to the company's representative in Russia.
Dmitry Rumyantsev of SOK Group, which owns the IzhAvto plant in Udmurtia, said no agreements had yet been reached, and that the plant was considering different options for increasing production, one of them being cooperation with Chery.
IzhAvto's annual capacity is 200,000 automobiles, but this year's plan stipulates production of only 71,000, Rumyantsev said.
Sergei Sanakoyev, head of the Russian-Chinese center for trade and economic cooperation, said Chery had long been looking for new cooperation opportunities in Russia. In his opinion, it has been disappointed by the joint project with Avtotor in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia's exclave on the Baltic Sea, because it was not granted the promised privileges for the import of auto components.
Ruslan Sadykov, head of Avtotor-UV, said his company produced 42,000 Chery cars in 2007 and has signed a cooperation contract for 2008, adding that production would grow. In his opinion, IzhAvto is one of the options the Chinese are considering.
Yevgeny Bogdanov, an auto analyst at A.T. Kearney, a global strategic management consulting firm, said Russia's Economic Development and Trade Ministry had stopped accepting requests for organizing foreign car assembly plants under privileged conditions last year.
He said Chery should not start the project in Utmurtia because its investments would not be recouped without privileges. Chery would spend too much on the delivery of auto components to Izhevsk, he said. Besides, labor is so cheap in China that it would be ineffective to assemble Chinese cars in Russia.
Moreover, IzhAvto assembles KIA cars, and the South Korean partner is unlikely to be happy to have a rival in such close proximity, the analyst said.
Mikhail Kontserev, head of the St. Petersburg-based Olimp dealership, which last year opened a Chery salon, said Chinese producers are scrutinizing the Russian market where cheap Chinese cars enjoy high demand.
He said Chery would have sold many more cars in Russia if not for limited production facilities and delivery problems. A full-scale plant would solve all of these problems, Kontserev said.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know if this news is a rumour or not.</p>
<p>But this is something else i got</p>
<p><a href="http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=93937" rel="nofollow">http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=93937</a></p>
<p>and this</p>
<p>Chinese automaker Chery to organize full-scale production in Russia </p>
<p>China&#8217;s Chery Automobile plans to build a plant in the Russian Republic of Udmurtia, in the Volga region, to produce cars, engines, gearboxes, drive gear, and axles.<br />
Chery President Yin Tongyao and Alexander Volkov, president of Udmurtia, discussed the possibility yesterday.<br />
The Chery management is holding meetings with regional authorities and potential partners, according to the company&#8217;s representative in Russia.<br />
Dmitry Rumyantsev of SOK Group, which owns the IzhAvto plant in Udmurtia, said no agreements had yet been reached, and that the plant was considering different options for increasing production, one of them being cooperation with Chery.<br />
IzhAvto&#8217;s annual capacity is 200,000 automobiles, but this year&#8217;s plan stipulates production of only 71,000, Rumyantsev said.<br />
Sergei Sanakoyev, head of the Russian-Chinese center for trade and economic cooperation, said Chery had long been looking for new cooperation opportunities in Russia. In his opinion, it has been disappointed by the joint project with Avtotor in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia&#8217;s exclave on the Baltic Sea, because it was not granted the promised privileges for the import of auto components.<br />
Ruslan Sadykov, head of Avtotor-UV, said his company produced 42,000 Chery cars in 2007 and has signed a cooperation contract for 2008, adding that production would grow. In his opinion, IzhAvto is one of the options the Chinese are considering.<br />
Yevgeny Bogdanov, an auto analyst at A.T. Kearney, a global strategic management consulting firm, said Russia&#8217;s Economic Development and Trade Ministry had stopped accepting requests for organizing foreign car assembly plants under privileged conditions last year.<br />
He said Chery should not start the project in Utmurtia because its investments would not be recouped without privileges. Chery would spend too much on the delivery of auto components to Izhevsk, he said. Besides, labor is so cheap in China that it would be ineffective to assemble Chinese cars in Russia.<br />
Moreover, IzhAvto assembles KIA cars, and the South Korean partner is unlikely to be happy to have a rival in such close proximity, the analyst said.<br />
Mikhail Kontserev, head of the St. Petersburg-based Olimp dealership, which last year opened a Chery salon, said Chinese producers are scrutinizing the Russian market where cheap Chinese cars enjoy high demand.<br />
He said Chery would have sold many more cars in Russia if not for limited production facilities and delivery problems. A full-scale plant would solve all of these problems, Kontserev said.</p>
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		<title>By: Mememe</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34215</link>
		<author>Mememe</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34215</guid>
		<description>I don't think this is protectionism, since Chinese cars only take a small share of the market,and there are many other makers in the russian market like American, European and Japanese. I don't see why they pick on the Chinese. Well tbh, if they really want to look into standards,safety, emission...etc.. issues, I'd say Lada is a good starting point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think this is protectionism, since Chinese cars only take a small share of the market,and there are many other makers in the russian market like American, European and Japanese. I don&#8217;t see why they pick on the Chinese. Well tbh, if they really want to look into standards,safety, emission&#8230;etc.. issues, I&#8217;d say Lada is a good starting point.</p>
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		<title>By: Mememe</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34206</link>
		<author>Mememe</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34206</guid>
		<description>How accurate are these information ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How accurate are these information ?</p>
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		<title>By: anon</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34155</link>
		<author>anon</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34155</guid>
		<description>FYI Geely made a massive deal worth US$ 1.5 bln over several years with a Russian distributor (ROLF) at the end of last year. they'd be pissed to find that they are no longer welcome...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FYI Geely made a massive deal worth US$ 1.5 bln over several years with a Russian distributor (ROLF) at the end of last year. they&#8217;d be pissed to find that they are no longer welcome&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: C240</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34147</link>
		<author>C240</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34147</guid>
		<description>I never believed in protectionism even here in the US where I live. And in China also with regards to tax on foreign auto parts. Protectionism keeps weak and incompetant companies alive.
On a positive note I hope the high Russian standards force the Chinese automakers to improve their safety and emissions. So I could one day own and drive a Chinese made car in America:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never believed in protectionism even here in the US where I live. And in China also with regards to tax on foreign auto parts. Protectionism keeps weak and incompetant companies alive.<br />
On a positive note I hope the high Russian standards force the Chinese automakers to improve their safety and emissions. So I could one day own and drive a Chinese made car in America:)</p>
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		<title>By: dragin</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34109</link>
		<author>dragin</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34109</guid>
		<description>With a 25% tax on the import of auto parts, Lada's plans to assemble cars in China were hard pressed. Actually the Lada sold fairly well in Beijing some 25 years ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With a 25% tax on the import of auto parts, Lada&#8217;s plans to assemble cars in China were hard pressed. Actually the Lada sold fairly well in Beijing some 25 years ago.</p>
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		<title>By: vava1</title>
		<link>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34095</link>
		<author>vava1</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/02/28/geely-and-chery-to-retire-from-the-russian-market/#comment-34095</guid>
		<description>is the Chinese market open to Russian cars?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>is the Chinese market open to Russian cars?</p>
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