ISTANBUL, Jan 15 (A.A) - Tofas and Oyak Renault, leading automotive companies, exported a total of 185,900 motor vehicles last year, exceeding the total automobiles and light commercial vehicles sales of 183,752 including the imported motor vehicles in the domestic market.
Tofas was ranked first among the 17 members of the Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD) by raising 683 million 971 thousand 692 U.S. dollars from exports last year while Oyak Renault was ranked second with a 657 million 643 thousand 615 U.S. dollars of exports.
OSD members raised a total of 1 billion 824 million 471 thousand 151 U.S. dollars through exports including 1 billion 671 million 456 thosaund 768 U.S. dollars of motor vehicles and 153 million 14 thousand 383 U.S. dollars of spare parts.
Exports of motor vehicles and spare parts by OSD members in 2001 are as follows:
. (U.S. DOLLAR)
Company Motor Vehicles Spare Parts Total
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TOFAS 627,258,095 56,713,597 683,971,692
OYAK-RENAULT 594,009,522 63,634,093 657,643,615
M. BENZ TURK 175,910,521 8,880,713 184,791,234
M.A.N. 78,727,065 2,011,417 80,738,482
FORD OTOSAN 63,549,923 1,450,184 65,000,107
UZEL 29,434,442 1,155,063 30,589,505
OTOYOL 19,275,033 5,496,451 24,771,484
KARSAN 20,478,219 668,900 21,147,119
HYUNDAI ASSAN 18,229,249 87,903 18,317,152
TEMSA 15,718,631 282,346 16,000,977
OTOKAR 9,110,314 1,412,160 10,522,474
TURK TRAKTOR 316,169 8,553,709 8,869,878
ANADOLU ISUZU 7,068,390 1,317,888 8,386,278
B.M.C. 6,098,688 1,193,923 7,292,611
ANADOLU HONDA 2,603,167 76,904 2,680,071
TOYOTA 1,907,470 14,504 1,921,974
CHRYSLER 1,761,870 64,628 1,826,498
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OVERALL 1,671,456,768 153,014,383 1,824,471,151