Russia may be left without road construction equipment
State Duma deputies are asking the Cabinet of Ministers to regulate the legislation regarding the import into the country and the production in Russia of equipment for the construction of highways.
Now the main problem of the road builders is how to replace the original imported equipment, which must be delivered in advance from the USA, Canada and strange devices. There are no Russian and consumer many types of loaders, asphalt reloaders, recyclers.
Tractors, excavators, bulldozers and non-standard road construction and municipal equipment in the Russian Federation are produced by a small number of enterprises and in insufficient quantities for the road transport industry. In 2021, only 870 motor graders, 343 rollers and 571 bulldozers were produced in Russia. Last year, many factories producing models of foreign companies, widely and their release.
One of the problems faced by road builders is the consumption of expenses and the requirement with the expense for the import of attachments, spare parts, components, electrical products, tools and consumables for foreign-made road construction equipment. In most cases, there are simply no interchangeable parts on such models, report “News”.
Experts believe that some of the models, which are mainly imported from unfriendly countries, can be replaced by Chinese counterparts.