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MORE AND MORE CARS
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hypertextbook.com/facts/
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www.transport2000.org.uk/
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Nearly all the projected growth in oil consumption for Eastern Europe results from an expected increase in private car ownership… - in 2001, car ownership in Russia - a country of 145 million consumers - grew to 140 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants, more than double the 1993 rate of 59 cars per 1,000 people. In 2004, Russia had approximately 25 million vehicles, including 20 million cars, 40% of which are 10 years old or older;(1)
- according to the Interactive Research Group, in 2004 sales increased 80% to 350,000 units sold; this followed 2003 sales, which had increased by 75.4% (193,000 passenger vehicles). 27% of which were assembled in Russia and CIS. The total penetration as of 2003 was 165 passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants in Russia and 240 passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants in Moscow;(2)
- 150,000 new cars have been registered in Ukraine during 2003, which is an increase of 40% as compared to that during the same period of the year 2002. The sale of new cars reached 181,000 units in Romania in 2004, out of which 145,000 were private cars and 36,000 were commercial vehicles. There was an increase of 33.7% in the car sales during 2004;
- in Bulgaria, the number of passenger cars has risen from 92 per 1,000 inhabitants in 1980 to 234 twenty years later, to reach the number of 327 in 2002; in Poland from 67 in 1980 to 287 in 2002;
- there were 3,65 million private vehicles in 2002 in the Czech Republic. The number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants increased from 295 in 1995 to 357 in 2002, which represents 21% growth in 8 years. In 2002, 172,338 new cars were sold in Hungary, which represents 16.3% growth over 2001;(3)
- the number of passenger cars has risen particularly fast in Lithuania. In 2002, there were 340 passenger cars per 1,000 population. (in Denmark, in the same year, 350). Also the absolute number of passenger cars in Lithuania has grown from less than 0.8 million in 1996 to almost 1.2 million in 2002. According to data gathered by ECMT, over 93,000 first registrations of brand new road vehicles were recorded in Lithuania in 2002. (4)
Number of cars per 1000 people: Central/Eastern Europe (selected countries) | country | 1980 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | source | | Slovenia | -- | 365.4 | 403.0 | 426.0 | 459 | 1, 2 (2002) | | Estonia | -- | 287.2 | 312.0 | 339.0 | 295 | 1, 2 (02) | | Czech Rep | -- | 309.5 | 339.0 | 335.0 | 357 | 1, 2 (02) | | Lithuania | -- | 217.8 | 265.0 | 317.0 | 340 | 1, 2 (02) | | Bulgaria | 92.0 | 204.3 | 220.0 | 234.0 | 327 | 1, 2 (00), 4 (02) | | Poland | 67.0 | 208.6 | 230.0 | 259.0 | 287 | 1, 2 (02) | | Croatia | -- | 184.7 | 219.0 | 247.0 | 247 | 1, 2 (02) | | Slovakia | -- | 197.0 | 222.0 | 236.0 | ~250 | 1, 3 (02) | | Latvia | -- | 152.5 | 201.0 | 235.0 | 265 | 1, 2 (02) | | Hungary | 94.6 | 238.8 | 229.0 | 235 | 259 | 1, 2 (00-02) | | Serbia & Montenegro | 192.3* | 133.7 | 151.0 | -- | -- | 1 | | Romania | -- | 106.5 | 125.0 | 139.0 | 144 | 1, 5 (02) | | Russian Federation | -- | 107.1 | 122.0 | 132.0 | 140 | 1, 5 (02) | | Ukraine | -- | 92.7 | 100.0 | 104.0 | -- | 1 |
* Data: 1979.
Sources: (1) World Bank, World Development Indicators; (2) Eurostat, 1995-2002; (3) Swiss Federal Statistical Office; (4) Ernst & Young (E&Y); (5)
www.euractiv.com.
(1) [ www.trade.gov/doctm/auto_parts_russia_0403.html]
(2) [ www.intrg.com/pdf/Russian_Economic_Overview_Eng.pdf]
(3) [ www.mdcr.cz/NR/rdonlyres/AFACE9D3-2D27-4F3E-9439-4D1B2CFD0DF3/0/1Strategicpapermainpart.doc]
(4) The World Bank, Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit of the Baltic States (TTFBS), February 2005.
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