The Algerian Renault plant does not meet the carmaker's objectives at all
- The Algerian Renault plant located in Oran (Western Algeria) was inaugurated in 2014 to meet the demand of the Algerian market which had seen imports gradually reduced following the decision of the local government. The French carmaker was counting on 75,000 vehicles produced per year in this plant, representing 50% to 75% of the local market (exports were not planned).
- The vehicles marketed were the Renault Clio and the Dacia rebadged Renault Logan and Renault Sandero. The 75,000 units were almost reached in 2018 (33,000 Sandero, 24,000 Logan and 13,000 Clio) but that year represents the peak of production never exceeded since, as the production volume of the plant fell to 60,000 units in 2019 before collapsing in 2020, during the Covid crisis. The partly closed plant only produced 761 vehicles in 2020 and the following years saw no real progress: 5,208 vehicles in 2021, 2,773 in 2022 and 2,456 in 2023.
- The Renault Symbol (new name for the Renault Logan) became the only car assembled on the site, but without an improvement of the volumes. The problem would lie in the CKD/SKD process with the volume of imported parts being reduced by the Algerian government in order to promote local integration of the supply chain.
- The Stellantis group, for its part, would have responded favourably to this request by establishing a plant in Oran intended to produce Fiat 500 and Doblo, with a capacity of 50,000 units per year which could be doubled by 2026. The group says it wants reach 10% of local integration rate in 2024, 25% in 2025 then 35% in 2026, according to the wishes of the Algerian government.