OREANDA-NEWS The share of Chinese automotive components in areas where there is a shortage at the beginning of the year reaches 60 percent, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports, citing data from the Drom automotive portal.

The total share of auto parts from China at the same time occupies only five percent of the analog components market. In the category of new body parts, the share of Chinese spare parts reaches 45 percent, most of which fall on the SAT and TYG brands (80 percent of the total supply of spare parts from China). The share of Gordon, API, Sailing manufacturers is much smaller, experts noted.

Among the analogues of the chassis elements, Asva auto parts are gaining popularity. Together with less popular brands, the share of Chinese spare parts in this segment is eight percent.

In the auto glass segment, spare parts from China occupy 60 percent. The details of the XYG brand are most popular, to a lesser extent Benson and Fuyao Glass are represented. Droma analyst Igor Oleynikov stressed that car owners praise the glasses of Chinese manufacturers, but complain that the rest of the body parts require fitting and tinting. On the other hand, these disadvantages are compensated by the cost of spare parts — the difference between analogues and original parts is 30 percent.

Oleynikov also pointed out that currently buyers are wary of Chinese analogues of spare parts, and interest in them is growing slowly. At the same time, a year and a half ago, car owners treated Chinese components with even greater prejudice. Since the spring of 2022, the number of search queries mentioning such spare parts has increased by 13 percent.

Earlier, experts predicted that by the end of 2023, the cost of car repairs could increase by 10-15 percent. The average check for car repairs in the first half of 2023 amounted to 7.3 thousand rubles (an increase of 20 percent compared to the same period in 2022).

From the beginning of 2023 to July, auto parts have risen in price by 20-30 percent. Experts noted that most parts are imported into the country through parallel imports.