OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2015. More than 347,000 vehicles of all types were sold in the current year due to state support - it is the cumulative effect of three programs to stimulate demand: programs of parc renovation (valid from January 1st), preferential car loan (effective from April 1st) and concessional lease (valid from May 15th), said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Alexander Morozov. The greatest number of vehicles was sold under the program of renewal of the parc - more than 228,000 units. The program of preferential car loan permitted to sell more than 137 000 vehicles, and the program of preferential leasing - more than 18 thousand (with the forecast of 16 thousand cars), informed the press service of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Alexander Morozov stressed that it was approved over 300 thousand applications to buy a car on credit with subsidized discount with the planned sales figure of 200 thousand cars. The Deputy Minister also noted the high budget efficiency of existing measures.

"Total revenues of the federal budget only in 2015 on programs to stimulate demand will be 56.7 billion rubles (it was already received 50 billion) and expenditures of the federal budget in 2015-2018 on ongoing currently support measures will be 31.6 billion rubles - 15 billion for renewal of the parc, 2.5 billion for preferential leasing and 14.1 billion for subsidized car loans. This data without additional appropriations, which are now brought to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia", - said Alexander Morozov.