Baku/19.12.13/Turan : Within 11 months of this year Azerbaijan imported 93,686 units of vehicles. This is 0.9% more than in the same period in 2012 ( 92,828 ) . Only in November were imported 8,895 units of vehicles.
According to the State Customs Committee , so far this year, officials and dealers , as well as individuals on the country delivered 85,174 units of passenger cars (November -8218 ) , which is 3.6 % more than in the past 11 months year.
This year, the decrease in import of motor vehicles for special purposes, buses and trucks . From the beginning, imported 772 units of tractors , excavators, bulldozers , cranes and other motor vehicles, which is 22.6 % less than 11 months in 2012 . Also imported were 740 buses and minibuses (minus 256 ) and 7,000 trucks ( minus 1631) .
Since January 2014 in Azerbaijan the transition to Euro- 3 standard on environmental requirements for motor vehicles . This is expected to affect the volume of imports of used cars to the downside . - 08D -
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