KIEV, Nov. 11 – President Viktor Yushchenko has called for an increase in domestic car production.

Yushchenko said at a meeting with representatives of the auto industry in Ukraine in Kiev on Monday that benefits had been granted to support the sector, including fiscal and trade measures, and that "such policies have yielded positive results."

He said that the share of the domestic car industry in the market has significantly changed: "If earlier [in 2000] it was 17-20%, now it is more than 50%."