Car production declines in August

Polish factories produced 22,068 passenger cars and vans in August 2014, according to data from sector research firm Samar quoted by ISBnews. The figure declined by 36.93 percent year-on-year and by 60.95 percent month-on-month. In January-August 2014, car production amounted to 394,624, 0.77 percent more than in the corresponding period of 2013. “Domestic passenger car and van producers made use of the traditional period for summer vacations in August,” Samar said.