MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - AvtoVAZ, Russia's
largest carmaker, announced on Monday a loss of 6.33 billion
rubles ($198 million) in January-March 2009 against a net
profit of 281 million rubles ($8.8 million) in the same period
of 2008.
Revenues in the reporting period declined 54.6% to 16.99
billion rubles ($530.9 million)
The carmaker has suspended production several times this
year amid declining sales and demand and also due to payment
disputes with car part suppliers
Production costs doubled to 17.51 billion rubles ($547
million) in the reporting period while operating loss amounted
to 1.43 billion rubles ($44.7 million) against an operating
profit of 1.68 billion rubles ($52.5 million) in the same
period a year ago.
The company's assets declined 13% in the reporting period
due to the continued economic crisis and lower demand for cars,
AvtoVAZ said.
According to the Association of European Business,
AvtoVAZ's sales of cars and light commercial vehicles fell by
39% to 88,720 vehicles in the first three months of 2009.
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