Kazakhstan halts import of Russian cars due to new recycling fee
Kazakhstan has stopped importing Russian cars following the introduction of a recycling fee. The demand for Russian vehicles in Kazakhstan has dropped by 99%, with imports falling from 5.5 million dollars in April to just 72 dollars in June 2026.
In brief
- Kazakhstan introduced a recycling fee
- Demand for Russian cars fell by 99%
- Imports dropped from 5.5 million to 72 dollars
- In 2025, Kazakhstan imported 236,9 thousand cars
- Only 2.9% of imports were Russian cars
Covered by 1 of 6 media groups
- Budget not in the collected reports
- Public money not in the collected reports
- Media business 2 sources
- Big capital not in the collected reports
- Readers and grants not in the collected reports
- Undisclosed not in the collected reports
No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: budget, public money, big capital, readers and grants, undisclosed.
| Group | Share | Count |
|---|---|---|
Media business
| 100% | 2 items |
- Who the outlets write for
- community 0
- region 0
- country 2
- world 0
- Channels
- Websites 1
- Agencies 1
- NVMedia business
- first item
- earliest
- national desk
Після «недружніх» дій. У союзника Росії зупинився імпорт російських автомобілів
- ЦТС — Центр транспортних стратегійMedia business
- first item
- caught up, 2 h later
- national desk
Попит на російські автомобілі в Казахстані впав на 99%


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