OREANDA-NEWS The official importer of the Korean Kia car brand in Russia has started to move its office to Kazakhstan. This is reported by Gazeta with reference to a source in the automotive business and extracts from the statutory documents of the Russian and Kazakh "daughters" of the automaker.Ru».

Kia Russia and CIS LLC is engaged in deliveries to Russia, but on June 26, 2023, Kia Russia and CIS in the Republic of Kazakhstan LLC was registered in Astana, which is a 100 percent subsidiary of a Russian legal entity.

According to the publication, part of the operational activities has been transferred to Kazakhstan. The new company will be engaged in local car production and sales in neighboring markets.

Earlier it was reported that Kia is still among the top ten best-selling cars in Russia. According to the Association of European Businesses (AEB), Lada cars accounted for 29 percent of sales in July, and then Chinese brands — Chery, Geely, Haval, Changan, OMODA and EXEED - took six places.

In just seven months of 2023, 497.3 thousand new passenger cars were sold in Russia, which is 28.2 percent more than in the same period of time last year.