Recently, there have been reports that the Iranian brands Iran Khodro (IKCO) and Saipa are about to officially start selling in the Russian market.
In particular, the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Alexei Dedov, said that the first batches of several thousand vehicles would arrive in our country in March.
Of course the Iranians can import so many cars, but they won’t be able to sell them.
As of mid-February, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has not yet received any applications from Iranian companies to initiate certification.
Obtaining OTTS is a procedure that takes several months. Therefore, even if it is launched in March, cars from Iran will not go on sale until the second half of the summer.
There are no obstacles to import IKCO and Saipa models to Russia through “parallel” channels and sell them here. And offers can be found already for 1.4-1.6 million rubles.
- That has recently become known The Iranian Saipa signed an agreement on the supply of cars to Russia with the distribution company Best Motors. The date of signature of the agreement is February 21, 2023.
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