Current trends and conditions of production cooperation development in Russia’s automotive industry

Abstract

The article considers the evolution of the Russian automotive industry in respect of the development of production cooperation between the enterprises within the industry. Based on the analysis of internal changes in the enterprises’ organizational structure and branch relations, the RF Government’s course on the development of national automotive industry through foreign investment attraction, technology transfer, expertise and knowledge exchange and increasing the industrial localization ratio in Russia, as well as the obligations of Russia to the World Trade Organization in terms of reducing the protectionist customs barriers the growing role of industrial cooperation processes in the development of national automotive industry is grounded.