Jaguar Land Rover has halted the delivery of its car sales into Russia amid the conflict in the Ukraine. It has cited 'trading challenges' as the reason for the suspension.
The luxury car maker, which has sites including Solihull, Castle Bromwich, Coventry and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, sold almost 7,000 vehicles to Russia in 2021. Range Rover, Velar and Discovery Sport are all on sale in the country.
It is understood that sanctions imposed by the UK, the EU and the US are "making it difficult for JLR to sell cars into the market." JLR said it continues to closely monitor the situation.
It comes as the conflict continues to escalate in Ukraine after Russian troops invaded the country last week. It also comes after global corporations, including car makers, ceased doing business with Russia in recent days.
A JLR spokesperson said: "Jaguar Land Rover’s first priority is the well-being of our entire workforce and their families, as well as those within our extended network. The current global context also presents us with trading challenges.
"So we are pausing the delivery of vehicles into the Russian market and continually monitoring the situation on behalf of our global customer base." The manufacturer, part of Indian company Tata Motors, has a European manufacturing facility based in Slovakia. JLR does not have any manufacturing sites in Russia or Ukraine.
