More than 100 thousand new cars have been imported to Russia since the beginning of the year

For eight months of 2022, more than 100,000 new cars were imported to Russia, compared to about 200,000 cars in the same period of last year. Albert Karimov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, announced it, by noting that the import of new foreign cars to our country did not stop. According to him, the share of imports in the Russian car market has not changed in compare with the last year and reached about 20%.

Earlier, the government allowed parallel imports, which allows goods from the list compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to be imported into Russia, writes the Prime agency. It has 50 product groups and more than 200 brands, including automotive brands - Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Tesla, Skoda, Toyota, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Chrysler, Bentley and others. At the same time, the government simplified the rules for registering cars imported from abroad for legal entities, temporarily canceling the requirement to install the ERA-GLONASS system and receive VTA.