What happens to the import of cars to Russia?

The peak of passenger car imports in the Russian Federation for the previous 2.5 years was in March 2021. Then 25,407 cars were imported into our country. This was followed by a decline until the end of autumn, and then the situation began to stabilize. This was told by the director of the agency "AUTOSTAT" Sergey Tselikov.

However, in February there was a sharp decrease in imported cars, but in the spring the situation began to stabilize a little, and in June 8,271 cars were imported. However, this is three times lower than the result of March 2021. In the structure of imports, four out of 10 brands represent China. Chery and Geely are in the lead with 2,296 and 1,390 such vehicles imported in June, respectively. In third place there is Korean brand Hyundai (1159 units), Chinese brand EXEED is the fourth one (895 units). Japanese Mitsubishi finishes the top five (500 units).

Imports of other brands amounted to less than 500 units, and the top 10 of them included: Kia, Changan, Toyota, Subaru and Infiniti. Sergei Tselikov notes that parallel imports are already taking place in Russia, and dealers have begun the import of cars under this scheme. They are still few, but they are. They bring transport from Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Emirates and a number of other countries. At the same time, individuals are actively importing cars.