The share of imported cars in the Russian market almost reached 40% in January

The picture of the Russian market of new cars is changing dramatically. As an example, the executive director of "AUTOSTAT" agency, Sergey Udalov, cited the structure of the market at the place of production of cars. Thus, in January of this year, the share of passenger cars produced in Russia was 61% of the total market. Of these, 41% belongs to domestic brands, and 20% to foreign cars assembled in Russia. A year ago, this figure was 82% (20% and 62%, respectively). Thus, during this time, the share of domestic brands in the Russian market doubled, while locally assembled foreign cars decreased threefold. The expert also drew attention to the growth in the market share of imported cars: if in January 2022 it was at the level of 18%, now it has reached 39%.

At the same time, this indicator is divided into official imports (31%) from Chinese manufacturers and the so-called "parallel imports" (8%).