MOSCOW, January 23. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian car production contracted 2% year-on-year to 1.9 million in 2013, says the Federal State Statistics Service, Rosstat.
Production of trucks dropped 1.5% to 209,000 in the reporting period.
In December 2013 car production had declined 3.2% in year-on-year comparison, while truck production had increased 6.9%.
Output of trolleybuses and buses amounted to 517 (33.9% increase) and 52,900 (9.1% decline).