In the 1st quarter of 2022, the share of sales of imported cars increased

The share of imported cars in the Russian market in the first quarter of this year was 18.6%. Meanwhile, in January-March 2021, this figure was 16.1%, i.e. was 2.5 percentage points lower. This was found out by the experts of the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT" during the preparation of the review "Import of vehicles to Russia in 2022". So, in the first three months of 2022, Russians, according to the AUTOSTAT agency and Electronic Passport JSC, bought 49.1 thousand new cars manufactured abroad, which is 18.6% of total sales.

Accordingly, the rest 81.4%, or 214.8 thousand sold cars, are those that were produced on the territory of the Russian Federation. A year ago, their share was 83.9%. Experts explain the increase in the share of imported cars by the fact that their sales in the 1st quarter fell only by 13%, and Russian-made cars - by 27%. At the same time, the entire market for this period fell by 25%.