{"id":143938,"date":"2025-06-24T16:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143938\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"russia-imports-of-passenger-cars-via-belarus-plunge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143938\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia: imports of passenger cars via Belarus plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

June 24, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Russia imported 10,500 passenger cars from Belarus between January and May 2025, 65.8 percent fewer than in the same frame last year, according to Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat consultancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApproximately 60 percent of the cars imported from Belarus (6,100) are new,\u201d the expert said on Telegram. \u201cThe remaining imports are used (older than three years). For new cars, the reduction in imports is only 19 percent. For used cars, the volume is five times lower than last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that cars assembled by BelGee specifically for the Russian market are not included in the customs statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe top five new cars imported through Belarus are: BMW, 27 percent; Mercedes-Benz, 24 percent; Toyota, 10 percent; Lexus, 8 percent; and Porsche, 7 percent,\u201d Tselikov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The imported models of these brands belong to the premium class, he said. \u201cBelarusian transit mainly serves the wealthy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for used cars, this segment of imports is much more accessible. Although they import BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes, Volkswagens, Audis and similar brands, the lineup of models is more modest,\u201d the expert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, 60 brands and more than 400 different models \u201care represented in the Belarusian imports of used cars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, Russians occasionally imported luxury brands, such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and McLaren, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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