Overseas Production Increases
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FIGURES issued recently show that in many countries production of commercial vehicles is on the increase. Production in France last year totalled 193,000 goods vehicles and buses, which included 84,500 from the Citroen concern. 19,000 from Simca, 12,750 from Berlict. 27,500 from Peugeot and 850 from Panhard. The State-controlled Renault works increased its output from 36.000 to 58,000 units over the year.
In the Iron Curtain countries, Russia produced some 286,000 goods vehicles and buses over the first three-quarters of last year, Czechoslovakia some 7,242 units and Hungary 1,460 in the first half of the year.
Italian production of road vehicles other than private cars reached the total of 48,710 units during 1960, and in Brazil some 51,636 goods vehicles were produced last year.