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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles : Production & Sales Figures In the past financial year (2001) unit sales totaled 253 thousand light trucks, vans and leisure and utility vehicles. Despite declining core markets, market shares were gained. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles produced a total of 215 thousand units (- 12.8 %) in 2001. At the Hanover headquarter plant, 162 thousand Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan and LT units and 22 thousand vehicle parts sets for VW Poznan were produced. In Poznan, the brand produced 23 thousand Volkswagen Transporter units and a further 30 thousand passenger cars of the Škoda brand. The Truck and Bus South America Operations business of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unit performed outstandingly. Sales of trucks increased to 19 thousand units (+ 24.3 %) and sales of buses to 4 thousand units (+ 21.3 %), with substantial increases in market shares. The Resende plant achieved a new production record of 24 thousand truck and bus chassis. At the year-end the brand employed a total of 18,277 people; 15,634 at the Hanover site and 2,643 at Volkswagen Poznan Sp.z. o.o in Poland. Sales revenue and result The slowdown in the markets for light trucks - in particular the collapse in Turkey - resulted in a fall in sales revenue to 4,280 million € (- 6.2 %). Operating profit of 296 million € (including Resende 317 million €) was down on the previous year's level because of the substantial up-front expenditures. Source: Annual Report 2001
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