Automotive study – Kazakhstan with high potential in all segments of Berlin, August 2008 – in recent years, car stock of both used car imports and sales to over 2.5 million is grown. So attractive in the new car business as well as in the aftermarket opportunities. The Globis GmbH, Berlin, has analyzed the Kazakh automotive market in a comprehensive study. With a population of 15.5 million, Kazakhstan is the fourth-largest country in the CIS countries. The Kazakh consumers real income has grown in recent years in the double-digit range and is now averaging 424 USD a month. Thus, Kazakhstan is at the lower end of the CIS States.

The automobile stock is low compared to Western European countries and consists primarily of used car imports. The new car market has grown strongly in recent years and shows growth rates of up to 40% per year. In the future these growth rates are however not to persist but decline to 19% annual growth until 2010 the most sold cars are of medium size or SUV. For this reason, it is still unclear how buyers will respond to offers from smaller, less expensive cars. You look at but rising energy prices and rising inflation, low consuming small cars could a market gap.

“so Felix Kusell, Managing Director of Globis GmbH, editor of the study. The aftermarket is growing annually by 10% by 2010 and thus is a very attractive market segment in Kazakhstan in the next few years. There is still no fixed market structures, so here for suppliers and spare parts producers significant opportunities arising. Ed Bastian has much experience in this field. However, the channels of distribution are a challenge: so far there is only a poor coverage of garages and parts stores. The new study of passenger cars, components and spare parts in 2007/2008-2010 “the Globis GmbH provides comprehensive current developments on the Kazakh automotive market, including suppliers and spare parts market, 67 pages, with over 40 tables and graphics, and detailed dar. The study will cost from 890 plus VAT and can be ordered directly from the Globis GmbH, by phone at 030 / 400 549 0 or order form on the Internet at. Further information about the study here. The Globis GmbH, Berlin, is a market research and consulting company with multilingual analysts and consultants and a large pool of domestic and foreign interviewer.