More than 2 million Chinese cars have been sold in Russia since March 2022

Since the beginning of the special military operation, more than 2 million Chinese-made cars have been sold in Russia. Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, told about this on June 26 in his Telegram channel.

From March 2022 to May 2025, 1.8 million Chinese passenger cars, 200,000 trucks and just under 7,000 light commercial vehicles (LCVs) were registered in Russia.

Among the Chinese brands in the passenger segment, the top five in terms of sales during this period include Haval (385.2 thousand units), Chery (355.9 thousand units), Geely (295.2 thousand units), Changan (179.5 thousand units) and Omoda (104.1 thousand units).

The top five brands in the cargo segment (over 3.5 tons) include Sitrak (50.5 thousand units), Shacman (47.5 thousand units), FAW (33.6 thousand units), HOWO (16.7 thousand units) and Dongfeng (15.7 thousand units).

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The day before, it was reported that over the past 3.5 years, more than 311.8 thousand new passenger cars have been imported to Russia through the countries of the former USSR. In the first five months of 2025, less than 19,000 cars were imported from the former Soviet Union to Russia, which is 74% less year-on-year.