Export of passenger cars from Russia for the three quarters of 2018 have fallen by almost a third

29 November 2018

Among the leaders in the import of cars from Russia including Ukraine and Latvia

According to Russian Automotive Market Research (RAMR) for the first three quarters of 2018, the volume of exports (excluding EEU) of new passenger cars from Russia increased by 19 973 units, which is 32% below the result for the same period of 2017. Interestingly, after a country like the Czech Republic, by the way, reduced the import of cars from Russia by 65% due to the end of production of Skoda Yeti SUV in AZ GAS in 2017 and brought to the homeland right from Russia, the leaders in imports of Russian cars also includes countries such as Ukraine (and, with growth of 12% despite anti-Russian rhetoric of the authorities) and Latvia -3%, which is also among the Russia-friendly countries does not apply. The share of these foreign markets accounted for 57% of total exports Russia's new passenger cars in January-September 2018.

However, for the same three quarters a significant number of cars were exported from Russia to such countries as Azerbaijan (growth in 2,9 times) and Uzbekistan (growth in 3 times), whose share in the total Russian autoexport amounted to 10%. In addition to these countries the leaders in the import of cars from Russia were Iraq, Slovakia, Serbia, Hungary and Lebanon.

By the way, AZ GAS was first shown at 15 international exhibition TransLogistica Uzbekistan in Tashkent representative exposure of 20 vehicles, including a series of LCV "GAZelle NEXT" full weight of 3.5 t and 4.6 t