ST. PETERSBURG – An Uzbekistan-based automaker that assembles Chevrolet vehicles under license from General Motors plans to expand into the neighboring Central Asia country of Kyrgyzstan.
Production is expected to launch this summer at the $50 million, built-from-scratch plant to be jointly operated by Uzavtosanoat and Kyrgyz automotive supplier DT Technik. The factory is located outside Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic which attained independence as the USSR collapsed in 1991.
A report by Kyrgyzstan Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce Ainura Usenbekova,…
