Glass-washing fluid for cars in Russia rose in price by 13%

The demand for washer fluids in retail has remained practically unchanged over the year, while the average check increased by 13% and amounted to Br680. This was reported to "Izvestia" on November 29 by analysts of "Contour.Market", who studied more than 750 thousand receipts from the beginning of September to the end of November and compared the data with the same period last year.

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On marketplaces sales of glass-washing liquid in October doubled the indicators of September. Demand dynamics show that in 2024 Russians bought less "washer fluid", which can be explained by a 39% increase in the average price, experts from Moneyplace (part of SCB Kontur) said.

According to their data, on one of the popular platforms record sales of windshield washer fluid fell on the period from October 8 to November 13. The amount of sales for this period amounted to more than 20 million rubles with an average check of 672 rubles (29.7 thousand units sold). If in August the average price of glass washer on marketplaces was Br325, in September it increased to Br408, and in October and November to Br623. The growth of the average check (average prices of sold goods) for the last month is estimated at 62%.

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November 28, auto expert Maxim Sokolov said that window washer fluid is excellent for defrosting car locks. It is necessary to carefully pour the non-freezing liquid from the canister on the lock, and then try to insert and turn the key in the keyhole.