The St. Petersburg plant of automaker Toyota became the property of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NAMI, subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the department’s press service reported. They added that they are working to resume production as soon as possible.
NAMI also receives ownership of all equipment and land. Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov announced the transfer. However, in mid-March, Kamaz announced that he was not interested in this asset. AvtoVAZ said that they see no reason to place their production there.
As Kommersant sources said earlier, NAMI does not make plans for the production of cars at the plant facilities. According to them, the Almaz-Antey company may become the buyer of the plant. Its employees were present at Toyota’s tax inspection in 2022. The publication’s interlocutor suggested that the company would assemble the E-Neva electric car at the company.
The Japanese automaker suspended car assembly at its Russian company due to the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine in the spring of 2022. In September, Toyota was forced to close the plant due to its downtime. Sanctions do not allow the supply of the necessary components to the Russian Federation.
Previously, the Russian assets of the automaker Renault were transferred to the ownership of NAMI. At the same time, the Moscow administration received the plant itself, now Moskvich 3 and Moskvich 3e are assembled on it. Also, “NAMI” transferred the Nissan plant in St. Petersburg.
Author:
Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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