11.09.2019
Sales of new trucks fell in January-August was 3.1% of cars
Alexander Klimov, photo by the author
According RAMR the first eight months of 2019 sales of new trucks amounted to 48,57 thousand, which is 3.1% less than in the same period of 2018.

The traditional leader of the truck segment of brand KAMAZ implemented during the period under review 17,93 thousand new cars (on the splash screen), which is 7.9% more than in the same period last year.

It is interesting that on the background of growth of sales of trucks of domestic brands, there is a serious drop in demand for cars of European brands, due to their continued price rise due to the increase in VAT to 20% and increasing the recycling fee, despite stable as well as pleased last year of pent-up demand on the main tractors.

In the period leading positions in sales of new trucks took Moscow oblast, Moscow and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. In January-August 2019, the highest growth of sales of new trucks among the Top 20 regions were recorded in the Tyumen oblast and Stavropol Krai – 53,2% and 28.3%, respectively.