Russian market of new buses fell by 43% in October

At the end of October 2022, the market volume of new buses in the Russian Federation was 649 units, which is 43.3% lower than in the same month of the previous year. At the same time, in compare with September, the market decreased by only 2%. This is reported by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*.

Experts noted that 85% of the Russian market of new buses in October was presented by five brands, and 39% of them were vehicles of the Pavlovsk Automobile Plant. So, the previous month, 251 PAZ buses were purchased, which is 58.3% lower than in October of 2021. The second place in the rating was occupied by the Chinese Yutong (88 units; +44.3%). Three domestic brands also made it into the top five: Volgabus (79 units; +36.2%), NEFAZ (75 units; -41.9%) and LIAZ (58 units; -40.2%). The indicators of each of the remaining market participants did not even reach 50 units.

In the model rating, PAZ 3204 is the leader, the result of which in October was 113 units. This is followed by another "PAZ" - model PAZ 3205 (97 units). In addition to them, the TOP-5 also included: NEFAZ 5299 (75 units), LIAZ 5292 (54 units) and Volgabus 4298 (49 units). As for the results of 10 months of 2022, the market volume of new buses in our country for this period was 9,528 units. This is 5.4% lower than in January-October of the previous year.

* JSC "PPK" ("Passport Industrial Consulting") is a joint venture of JSC "Electronic Passport" and LLC "AUTOSTAT".