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OREANDA-NEWS. AVTOVAZ could reduce the volume of production by almost 13% in 2016 - up to 405.5 thousand cars, according to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Technology of Samara Region. According to the regional Ministry of Industry, in 2015 AvtoVAZ produced 465.5 thousand cars. The decline in production could reach 12.9% in 2016, says the agency "Prime".

Recall that AVTOVAZ from February 15, 2016 passed from a five-day to four-day working week, which is introduced in the company for a period of six months. As the agency "AUTOSTAT" was informed by the press service of AvtoVAZ, four-day working week was introduced due to the response of AVTOVAZ for the difficult situation in the automotive market and the desire to keep the staff of the enterprise. "AvtoVAZ will respond flexibly to changes in the Russian automotive market in 2016 and it will adjust the production in accordance with the economic situation", - informed the press-service of the company.