BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/12/2007

Ganja Car Factory to Assemble Mounted Equipment of Belarus Tractors

Azerabaijan, Baku /corr. TrendCapital V.Sharifov / Ganja Car Factory is planning to begin assembly of hinged mounted equipment of Belarus tractors according to an agreement with the Belarusian Dorelectromash Enterprise and Smorgon Aggregate Plant, said the Head of the Ganja Car Factory, Khanlar Fatiyev on 10 December.

"The fist consignment for the mounted equipment is already on the way to Azerbaijan," Fatiyev said.

Three modifications of the equipment will be produced in the first stage. Nearly 80% of production will fall to Ganja Car Factory.

Currently the number of modifications produced in the plant equals six. Recently assembly began on the tractors Belarus 895, Belarus 1025 and Belarus 80X.

The costs of the tractors vary between AZN 13,000 and AZN 35,000. The contract to assemble and sell Minsk tractors and cars in Azerbaijan was signed at the end of November 2006 in Minsk ( Belarus). The assembly process is carried out on a 15,000 m2 area.

The Ganja Car Factory is capable of assembling nearly 1,000 trucks and 2,000 tractors per year.

Source:

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