Renault Confirms Project To Build Assembly Plant In Algeria
February 11 2010 - 6:39AM
Dow Jones News
Renault SA (RNO.FR) confirmed Thursday that it's working on a
plan to build a vehicle assembly plant in Algeria as a way to avoid
high import duties.
"It's just a project. Nothing has been concluded," Renault Chief
Operating Officer Patrick Pelata told journalists on the sidelines
of a presentation of Renault's 2009 results. However, "the
discussions are well advanced," he said.
Building an assembly plant isn't a viable option for most car
makers because their sales volumes in Algeria don't warrant such an
investment.
"But we have 25% of the market," Pelata said.
The cars won't be exported from Algeria, he said.
According to a recent French press report, Renault wants to
build a plant on the outskirts of the capital Algiers to assemble
its Sandero and Logan low-budget, no-frills cars.
The report said Renault would have a 49% stake in the venture
alongside state-owned SNVI, and would have operational control of
the facility.
Renault sold 56,000 vehicles in Algeria last year, including
39,000 cars bearing the Renault badge and 17,000 Logans and
Sanderos made by its Romanian subsidiary Dacia.
-By David Pearson, Dow Jones Newswires; +33140171740,
david.pearson@dowjones.com
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