Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by French Renault, saw its net profit up to some EUR 62 million in 2012, a growth of 0.7 percent on the year before when expressed in RON. In EUR, the net profit actually dropped by 4.1 percent.

Meanwhile, its turnover was down 8 percent when expressed in EUR, to some EUR 2.8 billion. When expressed in RON, the drop was of 3.3 percent.

With 13,652 employees at the end of 2012, Dacia spent some EUR 173 million on salaries, resulting in an expense of EUR 12,700 per employee a year. The salary expenses were up by some EUR 9.4 million during 2012. Social insurance expenses were up to EUR 41.2 million, a growth of EUR 1.8 million on 2011.

Dacia runs the factory in Mioveni, where it produced 307,000 units last year, down on 327,000 units in 2011.

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(photo source: Dacia)