Latvian Authorized Automobile Dealers Association (LAADA) is an association founded in 1994 by 12 Latvian auto sales companies. It is a public organization - a professional-manufacturers, officially authorized Latvian automotive importers and dealers union.
LAADA priority is to protect the interests of its members in cooperation with various government institutions and to ensure the interests of customers regarding automobile guarantees, service and information.
LAADA is working on arrangement of Latvian auto market, which includes:
• optimizing tax policy;
• legislation arrangements in areas connected with car sales;
• co-operation with the Latvian parliament, government, government bodies, the Road Traffic and Safety Directorate (CSDD) and other organizations, as well as the European Union's institutions and organizations of neighboring countries.
Currently there are 37 LAADA members who represent 45 brands of car and motorcycle manufacturers that altogether sell more than 90% of new vehicles in the Latvian market. LAADA members provide more than 2,500 jobs and pay several millions of Lats in taxes annually.
LAADA is the only professional organization of its kind in Latvia and since 1998 it is representing the Latvian state in the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers association (OICA) as a full member.
Since 2003, LAADA is a member of the European automobile manufacturers association (ACEA).
Since 1995, LAADA is organizing International automotive exhibition called „Auto”, which has been included in the OICA global international exhibition calendar since 1999. The last exhibition "Auto" has been the largest in the Baltic States in all aspects - number of exhibitors, exhibition area, number of visitors. Due to the World and Latvian economic crisis, resulting in decline of new car trade, exhibition is being postponed for an indefinite period of time.
