Tyre imports in Russia are growing faster than demand

According to the assessment«Cordiant», whichleads toRBC, in the first half of 2026, the total sell-out—retail sales, purchases by legal entities, and OEM fitments—on the Russian passenger car tire market increased by only 1%. Retail sales grew by 11%, whilePirelli estimate their growth at 15%. 

Passenger car tire imports surged by 28.1% in the first half of the year, reaching 16.4 million units, while domestic production fell by 18% to 13.2 million units. According to data from CRPT (the operator of the "Honest Sign" marking system), 12.8 million tires were sold in Russia over the six-month period, with their average price decreasing by 3% to 6,873 rubles.

Previouslywas reported, that in June passenger car tire imports from China doubled, which experts attribute to the special safeguard investigation currently being conducted by the EAEU regarding tire imports. 

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