The country buys both finished cars from the Celestial Empire and so-called machine kits.
From January to May 2023, China imported 287 thousand finished cars in Russia, which is almost twice as much as in Mexico, which is now in second place in this ranking, while last year the North American country was the leader.
Now the most popular among Russians are Chinese brands: Chery, Geely, Great Wall. They took a third of all new cars sold in the country in the first half of the year, reports the Association of European Business.
In addition, along with finished cars, Russia imports Chinese car kits in abundance. Thus, the Chinese car JAC became a new domestic "Moskvich-3".
In addition, AvtoVAZ is now considering the possibility of launching the assembly of Chinese Donfeng cars under the Lada brand in Izhevsk.