The analyst warned about the rise in prices of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi due to recycling

In the event of a change in the rules for calculating recycling, cars of premium brands such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi will rise in price in Russia quite a lot. Their sales, which are already not very large, will fail even more. Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, told about this on September 19 in his Telegram channel.

The import of cars to Russia from South Korea, as well as through Belarus, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, may lose its economic meaning, and there will no longer be a large flow of cars to Russia through these countries when the innovations are adopted, Tselikov said. The structure of imports from China by individuals is likely to change, but the volume of used car imports may continue to grow.

"The most popular alternative import model, Geely Monjaro, will fall off first. But the official Geely distributor will be only too happy about it. Monjaro can also be purchased from dealers. Even if it's a little more expensive," the analyst also noted.

However, the new rules for calculating the amount of the recycling fee will have little effect on the import of right-hand drive used cars from Japan, he stressed.

The draft government decree developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade assumes the introduction of a new criterion for calculating the size of the scrap yard from November 1 of this year — engine power. The existing grace periods for individual importers who carry cars for personal use (3.4 thousand rubles for new models and 5.2 thousand rubles for cars older than three years) will remain. However, they will only apply to models no more powerful than 160 hp.

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Earlier that day, it was reported that State Duma Deputy Yaroslav Nilov sent a letter to Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov with a proposal to analyze the consequences of changing the rules for calculating waste collection, including social ones.

On September 18, car dealers said that if a resolution is passed to review the recycling mechanism, the increase in car prices will affect the vast majority of brands, since cars with engines of less than 160 hp are an insignificant proportion of alternative imports.

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