Steady pace of production
Auto manufacturing increased again last month to reach 45,756, a rise of two percent on March's production volume and only six percent off the record level set in April 2004.
Data from the Samar auto-market research company shows the production figures for the first four months of the year were also good, with a total of 175,122 units rolling off the lines across the country - representing a drop of 1.8 percent against the some period a year ago (178,365).
Samar's founder Wojciech Drzewiecki said: "Poland's car production continued to thrive following strong export demand, mostly from Western Europe. Of the 45,000-plus units built in April, 42,806 cars - or more than 93 percent - were delivered to export markets. Unfortunately, production for local supply continued to dwindle, as evidenced, among other things, by Poland's new-car sales figures reported for April."
Drzewiecki said traders recorded just 19,363 car sales in Poland last month - down 20 percent on March, and 57 percent less than April last year.
Fiat remained Poland's top car manufacturer, with a 53.6 percent share in the April production total. In the number two spot was Opel (24.5 percent), leading the way ahead of Volkswagen, with a 16.1 percent share. Fourth was FSO, accounting for 5.8 percent of the month's production volume, followed by Intrall (0.05 percent), a supplier of Honker off-road vehicles.
Over the January-April period, a total of 77,375 Fiat Pandas rolled off the production line, making it 45 percent of the period's production total. Second was the Opel Astra, with 15.5 percent, followed by the Volkswagen Caddy (12 percent), Opel Agila (some 10 percent), Fiat Seicento (nine percent), FSO Lanos (five percent), VW Transporter (four percent) and the FSO Matiz (0.3 percent).
Data from the Samar auto-market research company shows the production figures for the first four months of the year were also good, with a total of 175,122 units rolling off the lines across the country - representing a drop of 1.8 percent against the some period a year ago (178,365).
Samar's founder Wojciech Drzewiecki said: "Poland's car production continued to thrive following strong export demand, mostly from Western Europe. Of the 45,000-plus units built in April, 42,806 cars - or more than 93 percent - were delivered to export markets. Unfortunately, production for local supply continued to dwindle, as evidenced, among other things, by Poland's new-car sales figures reported for April."
Drzewiecki said traders recorded just 19,363 car sales in Poland last month - down 20 percent on March, and 57 percent less than April last year.
Fiat remained Poland's top car manufacturer, with a 53.6 percent share in the April production total. In the number two spot was Opel (24.5 percent), leading the way ahead of Volkswagen, with a 16.1 percent share. Fourth was FSO, accounting for 5.8 percent of the month's production volume, followed by Intrall (0.05 percent), a supplier of Honker off-road vehicles.
Over the January-April period, a total of 77,375 Fiat Pandas rolled off the production line, making it 45 percent of the period's production total. Second was the Opel Astra, with 15.5 percent, followed by the Volkswagen Caddy (12 percent), Opel Agila (some 10 percent), Fiat Seicento (nine percent), FSO Lanos (five percent), VW Transporter (four percent) and the FSO Matiz (0.3 percent).
