Ukraine conflict: Jaguar Land Rover pauses car sales to Russia

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it has paused the supply of its vehicles to Russia resulting from “buying and selling challenges”.

The automobile maker, which has its headquarters in Coventry and vegetation in Citadel Bromwich and Solihull, bought 6,900 automobiles to Russia final 12 months.

It’s thought sanctions imposed by the UK, the EU and the US are making it tough for JLR to promote vehicles into the market.

The corporate didn’t give additional particulars.

In latest days world firms, together with automobile makers and power giants, have minimize enterprise ties with Russia.

A JLR spokesperson stated in a press release its precedence was “the wellbeing of our complete workforce and their households, in addition to these inside our prolonged community”.

“The present world context additionally presents us with buying and selling challenges, so we’re pausing the supply of automobiles into the Russian market and frequently monitoring the scenario on behalf of our world buyer base,” it stated.

Britain’s largest automobile producer, owned by Indian firm Tata Motors, has a European manufacturing facility primarily based in Slovakia.

Swedish-based Volvo additionally stated it could cease delivering vehicles to Russia till additional discover.

JLR doesn’t have any manufacturing websites in Russia nor Ukraine.

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