Russia once again raises safety standards for cars to stop the commercial vehicles coming from China
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In mid-March, the Ukrainian Duma legislator Oleg Morozov and Nikolai Gonchar suggested that they would raise safety standards for cars imported from non-1958 Geneva-based countries. In their view, the body, cab structure, safety belts, and other devices of these "foreign vehicles" do not meet Russian security requirements. In the same period, they submitted a draft revision of the Traffic Safety Law to the State Duma.
"Commercial Automotive News" reporter learned from the newspaper's special correspondent in Russia that the draft is still in the proposed stage.
However, once this draft is passed, China’s commercial vehicle exports to Russia will fall into a “dead situationâ€. According to the contents of the draft, after the adoption of the amendment to the "Traffic Safety Law," those non-1958 Geneva-sharing countries or their automakers should sign a contract with Russia in order to resolve the safety problems encountered during the automobile exports to Russia in accordance with international practice. The problem of compliance. It is understood that the 1958 Geneva Agreement stipulated the safety standards for transport. At present, 48 countries have signed the agreement (almost all European countries have signed the agreement, and Australia, Japan and South Korea are also signatories of the agreement). However, China, India, Brazil, the United States and other countries did not sign the agreement.
China's car is in trouble in Russia
In the face of the deepening economic crisis and Russia’s increasingly stringent demands on auto import certification and tariffs, Russian auto experts predict that sales of Chinese cars in Russia will no longer increase.
The Russian automotive expert Oleg wrote in the “Russian New Networkâ€: “In recent years, the competition between Chinese cars and Russian cars has become increasingly fierce. Although Chinese cars have exceeded the performance of Russian cars, they are In the areas of maintenance, etc., local products have more advantages. Under the slogan that the government encourages the development of the domestic auto industry, more users will turn their eyes on local auto brands.†At the same time, he said that some Chinese auto companies have chosen more strength in Russia. Weak dealers as partners, after the advent of the financial crisis, both sides could not protect themselves. On the one hand, dealers have lost sales momentum; on the other hand, some auto companies have also tried to drop these initial partners to find more powerful dealers.
"From the current situation, Chinese cars have not yet adapted to the Russian market."
Lege said.
Russia encourages domestic production to curb imports
According to the Ministry of Commerce’s industrial damage warning system, in January of this year, China exported only 163 cars to Russia, a decrease of 96.7% year-on-year. This is not irrelevant to the shrinkage of the Russian auto market and the Russian government’s encouragement of auto production.
The Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Viktor Khristenko recently said: "Last December, we thought that the auto market in 2009 will shrink by 40%, but it now appears that the rate of decline will reach 60%." For example, same period last year Compared with Russia, the sales of trucks in January-February decreased by 80%. Kamaz, Russia’s largest truck manufacturer, was also forced to shut down the production line for several days.
At the same time, the Russian government expects that the share of cars produced in Russia in the first half of 2009 will increase significantly in the total sales, which will depend on the expansion of production by Russian automobile joint ventures. And Khristenko also stated that he said: "We expect that the market will reshuffle in favor of automakers in Russia in 2009. This means that many foreign auto companies have decided to increase their production in Russia. He said at the same time that at present some foreign companies are applying for a project to open a new plant in Russia.
Go to Russia to industrialize assembly
Zhu Jingcheng, Chairman of Xibili Automobile Export (Beijing) Co., Ltd., told reporters that the problems encountered by Chinese commercial vehicles in the Russian market are more serious than expected. It is understood that Russia no longer accepts China's heavy-duty vehicle export certification request, and Russian local media also said that Russia does not need to import Chinese commercial vehicles.
Zhu Jingcheng provided a data: According to statistics of Russia's National Quality Certification Testing Center, in 2007, China Automotive applied for 178 complete vehicle export certifications in Russia, and approved less than 10%, but all certifications are Russian dealers to apply for funds. of. In 2008, the export certification for Chinese auto applications was approved even less. "From the current situation, the road to vehicle exports has been blocked." Zhu Jingcheng said. He told reporters that over the years China’s auto exports to Russia have basically depended on Russian dealers. Chinese companies sell cars and wait for money to be collected. “In fact, passing auto certification to others means selling the right to sell. ."
Zhu Jingcheng suggested: “Before China’s commercial vehicles had short-term advantages in terms of price, but the strict certification and tariff enhancements caused China’s commercial vehicles to gradually lose this advantage. In the future, domestic automobile exports to Russia will be increasingly difficult.†It is understood that domestic dump trucks The export certification is basically done by Russian dealers. One certification will have to pay several thousand dollars, which greatly increases export costs.
However, Zhu Jingcheng pointed out that China’s commercial vehicles can take the road of industrial assembly. The Russian government has approved industrial assembly projects that include 120,000 vehicles, including commercial vehicles, and is looking for suitable commercial vehicle cooperation in China through the company. enterprise.