Chinese automotive manufacturers taking on Russian market – Autodom

The exit of Western and Japanese firms has offered a chance to rising trade gamers

Chinese auto makers have launched into a serious enlargement within the Russian market and are anticipated to achieve a 60% share of complete gross sales this 12 months, the newspaper Izvestia reported on Monday, citing car-dealer chain Autodom.

According to the report, within the first half of 2022 the share of Chinese automotive manufacturers within the Russian market stood at 3.7%, a determine that rose to nearly 33% within the second half. Overall automotive gross sales in Russia final 12 months decreased by 58.8% to 687,000 models, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) calculated.

Chery, Haval and Geely had been named the preferred Chinese automotive manufacturers in Russia. Their share within the nation’s market will proceed to develop in 2023, in line with the CEO of Autodom Andrey Olkhovsky.

Meanwhile, the Association of Russian Automobile Dealers informed Izvestia that it expects round 785,000 new automotive gross sales in Russia this 12 months, of which at the very least 250,000 (32%) will probably be Chinese made.

According to market knowledgeable Viktor Kondrashin, the dearth of competitors results in a rise in costs for fashions comparable to Geely and Haval. He informed the newspaper that “new models of Chinese crossovers currently cost the same as Volvo or Skoda two years ago.” 

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Kondrashin believes that home automotive costs may average when deliveries of vehicles from Iran begin to arrive.

The reputation of Chinese vehicles in Russia has been rising amid the exodus of European, American, and Japanese manufacturers. Many automakers discovered it troublesome to proceed operations within the nation resulting from logistical disruptions ensuing from Western sanctions, significantly after deliveries of vehicles and spare components to Russia had been stopped.

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