Dacia, the Romanian car maker taken over by Renault, increased its exports by 50.6% in the first semester of the year as compared with 2006, according to a press release issued on Thursday. 111.834 Dacia cars were sold in the first six months of 2007, out of which 105.566 were produced in Romania and the other 6.268 in a factory in Somaca, Morrocco.
Only in Romania, the company sold more than a half of the total production while the rest were exported to Western Europe. The main Western market was France with 14.915 sold cars since the beginning of the year, followed by Germany with 8.357 cars sold. Algeria, Spain and Ukraine are also leading importers of Dacia cars.
