OREANDA-NEWS. The decline in production of vehicles "KAMAZ" in 2015 may reach 10-20%, the company's CEO, Sergey Kogoghin, informed the agency "Interfax". KAMAZ expects to increase its share in the current market decline by 30%.

According to forecasts of marketers of KAMAZ, the Russian market of trucks with GVW of 14-40 tonnes in 2015 will be 51 thousand units. The company plans to sell 26 thousand vehicles, hence the share of KAMAZ on the market could reach 51%. To keep its leading positions KAMAZ expects by launching to the market of new model range and by ousting foreign competitors, by the increasing use of vehicles running on gas fuel, and cost optimization through import substitution.

KAMAZ by the results of the first two months of 2015 sold 2.3 thousand vehicles (-41%). According to the Marketing Department of KAMAZ, the Russian market of trucks with GVW of 14-40 tonnes for the period was 4.5 million units, which is less by 48% than in January-February of the last year. Thus, the share of KAMAZ in the Russian market at the end of two months was 52%.