The share of cars from China in Russia’s automobile imports reached 92% for the eight months of 2023. This was stated by the acting head of the Russian Federal Customs Service, Ruslan Davydov: reports RIA News.
According to Davydov, trade with China has increased significantly, while the EU’s share in Russia’s trade turnover continues to decrease.
“Although this was predictable because the European Union closed its own market. For example, for cars. For eight months, 92% of the Russian Federation’s automobile imports were from China. Europe closed on this issue, stopped selling,” Davydov said at the Eastern Economic Forum.
Passenger car deliveries from China to Russia in July reached Rising to a record level of 1.06 billion dollars, Russia ranks first among automobile exporters from China with a share of 16.8%. England is in second place (7.7%) and Spain is in the top three (5.2%).
During the eight months of this year, car repair shops started servicing 35% more new Chinese cars under four years old compared to the same period in 2022. Most often, cars of the Chery, Lifan, Geely brands stood at service stations, and the number of cars arriving at Haval, Changan and JAC increased noticeably.
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