The decline in production (by 1.8% in 2013) and demand for cars of the Russian brand once again prove the necessity of returning to the recycling program of old cars, consider the car manufacturers.
And during a recent meeting with the President of the Russian Federation stated and the acting head of the Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev, telling Vladimir Putin that the recycling program will help to increase the production of cars at the enterprises of the region at least 10 thousand units. The final decision on this matter is still pending, but, according to RSL the GAZ Group, the Ministry had already asked automakers suggestions on how should look like a new program. In the Ministry of industry and trade of the RSL this information is not confirmed nor denied.
The recycling program has already paved the way, and the last time (2010-2011) citizens used it actively, said the RSL first Vice-President GK Autospeccentre Aleksey Tuzov. The magnitude of the recycling grant, in connection with the economic situation in Russia, and the cost of Crimea, the state is unlikely to allocate more than 50 thousand rubles for the disposal of the same car. For Moscow, this amount is certainly small, but in the regions, I think the program will be popular. We expect economic growth in 2017, and if the government will support automakers now, by 2017 the situation in the domestic automobile industry will change radically.
According to Alexey Tuzov, a new program proposed to be conducted not in the whole country, but only in those regions where the enterprises producing cars. That is, in Moscow, Tatarstan, the Leningrad, Samara areas, etc. Current programme in contrast to the last will apply not only to private persons owning cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV), but also on legal entities, some of which have used trucks and buses.
The renewal of the programme is very timely and will help to support the market in the low season to stimulate sales and to contribute to the renewal of its fleet.
Among consumers, especially those living in the regions, the demand for it will, of course, because, as you know, in Russia there are more than 15 million cars over 10 years old. To compensate for discounts to dealers will have the local regional authorities. In turn, we actively supported the initiative of the government, which is now particularly relevant to the commercial vehicle segment, where there has been a noticeable decline in sales, said Alex Aces.
Yes, commercial vehicles are one of the most sensitive to a decrease in demand and now the market of commercial vehicles has fallen much deeper than in the segment of passenger cars (in January-April of 2014, a decline of 18%). By the way, on a regional recycling program in 2010-2011 in the Nizhny Novgorod region sold more than 5 thousand cars, including 722 car Siber and more than 4.3 thousand commercial vehicles.
Now is the right time to the recycling program of commercial vehicles. In a country critically outdated Park of LCVs, trucks, buses, and the decline in sales is strongest in the segment of commercial vehicles, announced RSL the GAZ Group, the program will provide a triple-effect: revive the economy, support demand, enhance traffic safety, improve the ecological environment.
Regarding the latter, our auto industry now produces models at least Euro-4 standard, in which the exhaust emissions significantly lower than those cars, which will be put into the scrap. If you take commercial vehicles, here in demand the car on methane, emissions of which are by default lower than that of the vehicle with a gasoline or diesel engine. And the Group GAS has already released the GAZelle NEXT with the engine Euro 5, which is certified to the EU (Russia has not test equipment for the evaluation of emission standards of vehicles such standards).
According to the CEO of the company Rusmet Victor Kovševnyj, under a recycling program should ideally get not only cars of all calibres, but also the railroad cars, agricultural machinery, ships, aircraft, tower cranes and even the so-called vertical transport elevators. The wear and tear of these vehicles in the country is huge: by 2020, a write-off will be 410 thousand cars, 2 thousand fishing vessels, river vessels 8 thousand, more than 200 thousand elevators, etc. the Recycling grants will increase the demand for new equipment. However, under such a large-scale program of recycling in Russia it is necessary to establish the mechanism of recycling. With more or less success until he applies to metal waste. Details of other materials of plastic, fabric, glass, wood, etc. go to the dump. Recycling of these wastes could take on a small business. Meanwhile in Russia of what is thrown, comes back to life only 0.4% waste.