According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", in November of 2016 the market volume of new light commercial vehicles (LCV) in Russia was 9.2 thousand units, which is more by 27.6% for the previous year.

Finance and Trading Company KAMAZ delivered 40 tow trucks on the KAMAZ-4308 chassis to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Wacker Chemie AG will build a new production plant for its HDK^® brand of pyrogenic silica at its Charleston site in the US state of Tennessee.

Renault Russia company began the shipping of welded and painted bodies of Russian production for Renault Logan cars in Algeria. Until the end of the year it is planned to deliver 1,000 bodies at the Renault plant in Oran, reported the press service Renault Russia.

"GAZ Group" has started the serial production of medium truck "GAZon Next CNG», which is running on CNG (compressed natural gas). The vehicle is equipped with a gas engine YaMZ-534.

Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant, the state corporation "Vnesheconombank", "Bank of the Republic of Belarus" and " Bank BelVEB" on December 8th signed a cooperation agreement aimed at the strengthening and development of bilateral Russian-Belarusian trade and economic cooperation.

On 14 December 2016 ALROSA repaid a $370 mln bank loan to JSC UniCredit Bank received in April 2014. The bank loan was repaid with cash from operations, thus reducing debt down to $2.3 bn.

Starting on February 18, 2017, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will increase the frequency of flights between Saint Petersburg and Amsterdam (the Netherlands), from one to two flights a day.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of USD 100 million, comprising USD 50 million equity and USD 50 million convertible senior loan, to seed the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI).