THACO exports another 80 Kia Grand Carnival cars to Thailand

The company said this is the second batch of passenger cars its has exported to Thailand, Southeast Asia’s biggest auto hub, in 2020.

Earlier, the company shipped 40 similar cars to the market in February. All were manufactured at its plant at the THACO Chu Lai Industrial Park in Quang Nam Province.

With the plan to expand markets and join the global value chains, the firm has exported buses, trucks, cars, and semi-trailers to Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, Myanmar, Japan, and the US.

Yontrakit Kia Motor, a THACO’s importing partner, will continue to place orders with a total 560 Grand Kia cars this year.

At the end of 2019 THACO exported 15 buses to the Philippines and 120 Kia Cerato cars to Myanmar.

So far this year, beside 120 Kia Grand Carnival cars shipped to Thailand, the automaker has exported 80 Kia Cerato to Myanmar and 36 semi-trailers and two modular house drawbar trailers to the US.

THACO targets to export more than 1,400 cars of all kinds to Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, the US and Japan, while expanding markets to Malaysia, South Korea, and Armenia, the company said in a statement.

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