11 June 2004 07:46
GAZ TO SUPPLY $14 MLN IN VEHICLES TO IRAQ
NIZHNY NOVGOROD. June 10 (Interfax) - OAO Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ), which is part of the holding company
Ruspromavto, plans to carry out a contract to supply 700 special purpose vehicles to Iraq, worth a total of about $14
million, by the end of 2004, a source in the company's press service told Interfax.
The source said that the company plans to supply water trucks, fuel vehicles and about 600 diggers to Iraq through
the military exporter Rosoboronexport.
The press service said that in June GAZ supplied a first consignment of 283 Sadko GAZ-33081 four-wheel drive vehicles
to Iraq. The next consignment of 360 vehicles, worth over $4 million, will be delivered to Iraq by September 30 this
year. Under a contract signed in April this year the plant plans to supply 3,000 Sadko vehicles to Iraq over a year -
year and a half.
[Interfax] |
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