Registrations of cars imported through parallel imports in Russia have decreased for the first time since the beginning of the year. This was stated in a study by the company Otkritie Auto and Automarketer, obtained by socialbites.ca.
In September, 13 thousand vehicles supplied through parallel imports were registered in the Russian Federation. This is 13% less than in August. At the same time, for nine months the share of cars imported under this program in the structure of all registrations in the Russian automobile market decreased to 11% (118.1 thousand units).
“We can anticipate a further slowdown in the registration rate of alternative machine deliveries in the last quarter of 2023. At the same time, by reducing the share of the total monthly sales volume to 9-10%, monthly records can be set at the level of 10 thousand units,” said Oleg Moseev, general director of the Automarketer company.
In the first month of autumn, cars of Japanese (34%), Korean (24%) and German brands (20%) were imported mostly through an alternative channel. Analysts stated that imports of almost all foreign brands decreased, except for cars from China. The most popular brands were Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, BMW and Mitsubishi. The top five in the model ranking were Toyota Camry, Kia Sportage, Zeekr 001, Hyundai Tucson and Mitsubishi Outlander.
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