Russian commerce minister quoted as saying switch of manufacturing facility ‘being thought of’.
Japanese carmaker Toyota’s Saint Petersburg plant could also be transferred to the Russian state entity NAMI, Russian Business and Commerce Minister Denis Manturov has mentioned, based on the state-run TASS information company.
“The switch of Toyota’s Russian property to NAMI is being thought of,” Manturov was quoted as saying on Friday on the sidelines of a enterprise occasion.
NAMI, Russia’s Central Vehicle and Engine Analysis and Improvement Institute, has already snapped up vegetation from Renault and Nissan.
A spokesperson for Toyota mentioned on Friday it was contemplating what to do concerning the plant, after having already determined final yr to finish automobile manufacturing in Russia after suspending manufacturing in St Petersburg final March following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Whereas it’s true that we’re contemplating varied choices, nothing has been determined at this level,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Toyota mentioned in September it had determined to cease automobile manufacturing in Russia because of the interruption in provides of key supplies and elements.
Japanese firms have been extra energetic in chopping ties in Russia over the warfare in Ukraine than their Asian friends.
Fewer than 100 of the greater than 1,100 firms which have withdrawn from Russia or scaled again operations are from Asia, based on information from the Chief Govt Management Institute (CELI) on the Yale Faculty of Administration.
