Photo: Miloš Turek
The production of cars in the Czech Republic – one of the country’s most important industries – declined by no less than 19.2 percent last year. The biggest drop-off in output ever seen stems from restrictions imposed to curb Covid-19 that returned production to 2014 levels, according to data just released by the Association of the Automotive Industry.
The total number of cars produced in the Czech Republic in 2020 was 1.15 million. Around three-quarters of a million of those vehicles rolled off the production line at Škoda Auto, the biggest player in the market and the country’s leading exporter.
Škoda Auto’s output was 17. 4 lower than in 2019. Representatives said the dip could have been even deeper, were it not for an increase in its share of European Union markets and a rise in sales in Russia and Turkey.