03.08.2020 / The current situation in the commercial vehicle market

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New truck sales continue to decline

According to Russian Automotive Market Research, in the first half of 2020, Russian buyers purchased 31.3 thousand new trucks – by 12% less than in the previous year.

In June 2020, truck sales fell by 16% to 5.1 thousand units.

In June 2020 Moscow, the Moscow region and Tatarstan Republic led the rating of regions by new truck sales.

Despite the general decline in new truck sales in June 2020, a number of regional TOP-20 markets showed noticeable positive dynamics: sales grew by more than 40% in the Voronezh, Leningrad and Volgograd regions.

New truck sales, ТОР-20 regions,
June 2020/2019, thousand units

Region	June 2019	June 2020	Change, %
Moscow	0.45	0.51	13.3
Moscow region	0.61	0.32	-47.5
Tatarstan Republic	0.27	0.31	14.8
Khanty-Mansi AR	0.21	0.25	19.0
Saint Petersburg	0.34	0.19	-44.1
Krasnodar region	0.18	0.15	-16.7
Rostov-on-Don region	0.14	0.15	7.1
Nizhny Novgorod region	0.22	0.14	-36.4
Irkutsk region	0.13	0.12	-7.7
Chelyabinsk region	0.17	0.12	-29.4
Sverdlovsk region	0.14	0.12	-14.3
Voronezh region	0.08	0.12	50.0
Leningrad region	0.07	0.10	42.9
Krasnoyarsk region	0.13	0.10	-23.1
Smolensk region	0.23	0.09	-60.9
Samara region	0.14	0.09	-35.7
Bashkortostan Republic	0.12	0.08	-33.3
Tyumen region	0.08	0.08	0.0
Volgograd region	0.05	0.07	40.0
Belgorod region	0.09	0.07	-22.2
ТОР-20	3.85	3.18	-17.4
Other	2.19	1.87	-14.6
Total	6.04	5.05	-16.4

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New truck sales of the market leader KAMAZ increased by 0.9% in June 2020 and amounted to 2.13 thousand units. It was followed by GAZ, truck sales of which fell by 4.4% to 0.65 thousand units. TOP-3 also included VOLVO, which sold 0.32 thousand trucks (-44.8%).

In addition to KAMAZ, positive sales dynamics among TOP-10 brands was shown by Isuzu (+20.0%) and URAL (+25.0%).

New truck sales, ТОР-10 brands,
June 2020/2019, thousand units

Brand	June 2019	June 2020	Change, %
KAMAZ	2.11	2.13	0.9
GAZ	0.68	0.65	-4.4
VOLVO	0.58	0.32	-44.8
SCANIA	0.37	0.25	-32.4
ISUZU	0.20	0.24	20.0
MERCEDES-BENZ	0.25	0.23	-8.0
MAZ	0.33	0.22	-33.3
URAL	0.16	0.20	25.0
MAN	0.38	0.16	-57.9
DAF	0.24	0.10	-58.3
ТОР-10	5.30	4.50	-15.1
Other	0.74	0.55	-25.7
Total	6.04	5.05	-16.4

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New truck sales, ТОР-20 regions,
January-June 2020/2019, thousand units

Region	January-June 2019	January-June 2020	Change, %
Moscow	2.86	2.41	-15.7
Moscow region	3.26	2.38	-27.0
Khanty-Mansi AR	1.65	1.99	20.6
Tatarstan Republic	1.65	1.90	15.2
Nizhny Novgorod region	1.35	1.01	-25.2
Saint Petersburg	1.53	0.99	-35.3
Chelyabinsk region	0.93	0.86	-7.5
Krasnodar region	0.97	0.78	-19.6
Sverdlovsk region	0.86	0.76	-11.6
Irkutsk region	0.76	0.75	-1.3
Rostov-on-Don region	0.70	0.73	4.3
Bashkortostan Republic	0.74	0.69	-6.8
Krasnoyarsk region	0.75	0.65	-13.3
Yamalo-Nenets AR	0.55	0.64	16.4
Smolensk region	1.01	0.62	-38.6
Samara region	0.73	0.61	-16.4
Tyumen region	0.51	0.54	5.9
Voronezh region	0.60	0.51	-15.0
Perm region	0.53	0.51	-3.8
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic	0.41	0.46	12.2
ТОР-20	22.35	19.79	-11.5
Other	13.13	11.50	-12.4
Total	35.48	31.29	-11.8

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New truck sales, ТОР-10 brands,
January-June 2020/2019, thousand units

Brand	January-June 2019	January-June 2020	Change, %
KAMAZ	13.28	12.11	-8.8
GAZ	4.19	3.60	-14.1
VOLVO	2.77	2.24	-19.1
URAL	1.45	1.73	19.3
SCANIA	2.36	1.66	-29.7
MAN	2.01	1.60	-20.4
MERCEDES-BENZ	1.69	1.44	-14.8
MAZ	1.80	1.39	-22.8
ISUZU	1.12	1.26	12.5
DAF	1.00	0.74	-26.0
ТОР-10	31.67	27.77	-12.3
Other	3.81	3.52	-7.6
Total	35.48	31.29	-11.8%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

The new bus market began to grow again

In January-June 2020, 6.2 thousand new buses were sold in the Russian market, which was a 1% rise year-on-year.

The bus market returned to growth due to significant increase in sales in June 2020 (+55%). A total of 1.5 thousand new buses were sold in the Russian market in June 2020.

In June 2020, leaders by new bus sales were the Moscow region, Moscow and Bashkortostan Republic.

Demand for new buses increased in June in ten TOP-20 regions. New bus sales remained at the level of June 2019 in five regions.

New bus sales, ТОР-20 regions,
June 2020/2019, thousand units

Region	June 2019	June 2020	Change, %
Moscow region	0.02	0.66	3200.0
Moscow	0.18	0.15	-16.7
Bashkortostan Republic	0.02	0.11	450.0
Perm region	0.006	0.08	1233.3
Rostov-on-Don region	0.03	0.06	100.0
Saint Petersburg	0.08	0.05	-37.5
Tomsk region	0.06	0.04	-33.3
Kemerovo region	0.01	0.03	200.0
Samara region	0.02	0.02	0.0
Voronezh region	0.006	0.02	233.3
Krasnoyarsk region	0.006	0.02	233.3
Primorsky region	0.01	0.02	100.0
Amur region	0.01	0.02	100.0
Yaroslavl region	0.01	0.02	100.0
Arkhangelsk region	0.01	0.01	0.0
Tatarstan Republic	0.01	0.01	0.0
Sverdlovsk region	0.01	0.01	0.0
Irkutsk region	0.02	0.01	-50.0
Tula region	0.01	0.01	0.0
Adygea Republic	-	0.01	-
TOP-20	0.53	1.36	157.6
Other	0.45	0.16	-64.6
Total	0.98	1.52	55.1

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

Bus sales of the market leader LIAZ increased 10-fold in June 2020.

Two more TOP-5 brands – NEFAZ and MAZ - showed positive sales dynamics.

New bus sales, ТОР-5 brands,
June 2020/2019, thousand units

Brand	June 2019	June 2020	Change, %
LIAZ	0.07	0.72	928.6
PAZ	0.56	0.46	-17.9
NEFAZ	0.10	0.16	60.0
MAZ	0.006	0.10	1566.7
YUTONG	0.06	0.02	-66.7
ТОР-5	0.80	1.46	83.4
Other	0.18	0.06	-67.4
Total	0.98	1.52	55.1

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New bus sales, ТОР-20 regions,
January-June 2020/2019, thousand units

Region	January-June 2019	January-June 2020	Change, %
Moscow region	0.27	0.82	203.7
Moscow	0.95	0.68	-28.4
Tver region	0.07	0.45	542.9
Perm region	0.17	0.28	64.7
Saint Petersburg	0.23	0.24	4.3
Nizhny Novgorod region	0.15	0.23	53.3
Kemerovo region	0.19	0.20	5.3
Bashkortostan Republic	0.16	0.17	6.3
Rostov-on-Don region	0.16	0.16	0.0
Tomsk region	0.21	0.15	-28.6
Krasnodar region	0.42	0.13	-69.0
Voronezh region	0.08	0.12	50.0
Sverdlovsk region	0.10	0.10	0.0
Arkhangelsk region	0.07	0.09	28.6
Udmurt Republic	0.05	0.09	80.0
Altai region	0.03	0.09	200.0
Khanty-Mansi AR	0.11	0.08	-27.3
Ulyanovsk region	0.03	0.08	166.7
Krasnoyarsk region	0.14	0.08	-42.9
Amur region	0.04	0.08	100.0
TOP-20	3.63	4.32	19.0
Other	2.53	1.90	-24.9
Total	6.16	6.22	1.0

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New bus sales, ТОР-5 brands,
January-June 2020/2019, thousand units

Brand	January-June 2019	January-June 2020	Change, %
PAZ	3.64	2.86	-21.4
LIAZ	0.68	1.49	119.1
NEFAZ	0.49	0.62	26.5
MAZ	0.17	0.37	117.6
YUTONG	0.23	0.15	-34.8
ТОР-5	5.21	5.49	5.4
Other	0.95	0.73	-23.2
Total	6.16	6.22	1.0