Meilin Auto, the export licensed branch of one of the Chinese companies, started its activities in Russia. It plans to procure cars directly from China through parallel imports. In this respect informs autonews.ru.
According to Chen Jiahao, CEO of Meilin, Chinese automakers selling cars in Europe and the United States fear sanctions there for supplying cars to Russia. That’s why they don’t deliver the cars themselves, but through Chinese companies with export licenses. These companies arrange for car exports from China and sell them as parallel imports to Russian companies that import cars into Russia. Meilin Auto will run the entire supply chain of the car in the Russian Federation itself.
It was noted that Meilin Auto plans to import the Voyah, Hongqi and Li Auto brands to Russia. Also, the company is ready to bring European and American cars on order. We are talking about Volkswagen, Cadillac, Tesla electric vehicles.
Previously reportedThat Avtodom has closed the deal to buy the Russian assets of Mercedes-Benz. Avtodom has acquired the right to provide warranty support for Mercedes-Benz cars. In addition, Avtodom will soon appoint a technology partner for the further operation of the Mercedes-Benz plant in the Moscow region.