The market of new cars in Belarus collapsed 10 times
How informs Belarusian Highway, it showed only 374 cars, which is 90.4% less than September 2021.
“If you look at last year, when the shortage of cars was already quite acute, any mass brand alone could sell up to 400 cars a month (the same Volkswagen, Kia or Geely). And in 2019 – up to 700,” commented a member the presence of BAA, Sergey Samoilo, executive director of the Atlant-M auto holding.
He noted that “for a long time we lived in a world of civilized transparent enterprises, quotas from factories, a dealer network, buying new cars only directly from factories.” “At the time of the greatest gradual entry to the market (or temporary “freeze” of activities), which is obvious that the lion’s share of the current sales of new (or almost new, used cars) – these are the indicators that we call dedicated imports, are purchased in Belarus with complicated logistics and other pricing,” the expert clarifies. According to him, the number of such assessments can be many times higher than the state one: “And the real volume of the market can be two or three times higher.”
Samoilo also said that “it is obvious that the number of intermediaries who bring a car (both with mileage and a new (almost new)) on order has increased on the market.” “On the road, I saw more cars of Chinese brands or models that were not previously sold by official dealers (designed for other markets),” he said.
According to BAA, since the beginning of the summer – and still – at the beginning of sales is a brand of Geely, with 115 cars sold in September. According to the results of the first 9 months, the LADA brand is the leader in the market, with the result of 3573 cars.
“According to well-known forecasts, sales in the Belarusian market in the first half of 2022 and in the second half of 2022 will take place at times. .
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