Poltavchenko not preclude the return of GM in St. Petersburg – BBC

28.12.2015, 02:15

St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko said that the American automobile concern General Motors has not yet sold his site as possibly following the situation on the market, reports RIA “Novosti» .

On July 1, 2015 the company Stop and canned production in St. Petersburg.

«GM shut down production, but they are denied interested parties in the sale of its plant. I do not rule out that waiting to see how the situation will develop further, what will be the situation on the market, and may resume its production. We are, in principle, look at it calmly, “- he said.

According to Poltavchenko, St. Petersburg authorities are trying to provide support to automotive companies. Currently, the city has three automotive plant – Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota.

«We generally try to help the automotive cluster, and we get. Spring appealed to the government of Russia to maintain until the end of 2015 and in 2016 to extend the measures of state support automakers in the framework of federal programs. By decision of the government in November 2015 from the federal budget to support the automotive industry in addition allocated almost 5 billion rubles. Another 1 billion allocated to the program of preferential leasing of vehicles, “- added the governor.

Previous reported that the automotive industry Petersburg is under threat of closure as a ban on the import of Turkey parts for automotive enterprises in the city.

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