The government should delay raising salvage fees on vehicles imported for resale. with appropriate treatment spoke The Association of “Russian Auto Dealers” (ROAD) sent a document signed by the President of the Association, Alexei Podshchekoldin, to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
ROAD stated that they support measures aimed at protecting the Russian automobile market from imports of significant volumes of used cars. At the same time, dealers consider the increase in recovery fees to be premature as the auto market has only half recovered compared to 2021.
“Government Decree <…> “It will lead to a number of negative consequences that will immediately cause significant, significant damage to the Russian automotive market,” ROAD said.
The increase in scrapping fees will lead to a sharp decline in the volume of automobile imports from China, which will hit Russia-China relations and new projects in the region, and automobile sales will not be able to return to average normal levels in the coming period. year, the document says. In addition, ROAD said there will continue to be a shortage of cars in the market and a significant proportion of workers in the industry will lose their jobs due to reduced demand.
Recycling fee for cars indexed The Ministry of Industry and Trade reported from August 1 of this year. The rate will increase 1.7-3.7 times in automobiles, 2.5-3.4 times in light commercial vehicles, and 1.7 times in trucks. The increase in rates will affect new and used cars.
Formerly Russian importer Skywell warned About the increase in car prices in Russia since August.