In Russia, cars imported sharply decreased

In January and February 2025, only 86 thousand cars were brought into the country in a total of a total of, in his Telegram channel, director of the Avtostat agency Sergey Tselikov. Compared to January-February last year, the indicator decreased by 49 percent: then 168 thousand cars were imported.

As for new machines, the reduction here is even more noticeable – by 62 percent, up to 48.1 thousand units. With used cars, the situation is better: the fall was 12 percent, up to 37.9 thousand.

Tselikov notes that there are two main reasons for reducing the volume of imports. Firstly, at the beginning of the year, sales sank significantly, which led to overstocking-so dealers are trying to sell already imported cars.

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According to their forecasts, due to ambitious warehouses in warehouses in 2025, about 250 thousand “extra” cars of Chinese brands will be turned out to be. Together with the remaining, the total volume can reach unprecedented 750 thousand pieces.

Secondly, local production is growing. At the end of last year, it was reported that the production of cars increased by a quarter. Factories increase pace, and more and more sites are returning to work. Last year, enterprises were earned in the Kaluga region, where they assemble Chery, Haval and Citroen. At the end of January 2025, Voyah “registered” near Lipetsk, and the other day, Haval launched the production of H7 near Tula.

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