Road Technique Market: Russian Or Not?

The market of communal equipment can amaze with a variety of products, from machines with hinged snow-removing dumps and finishing with special equipment designed for performing the most complex combined works.

If we deal with the history of the development of the market of communal equipment in Russia, it makes sense to note that in our country it appeared in the mid-sixties of the twentieth century. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he, like many other branches of the economy, experienced very serious difficulties and upheavals. This involved the crisis of its financing, and the crisis in the sale of products. And only since 2003 it became possible to talk about a small recovery of the market, on average, its volumes grew by 5-8% every year. However, the positive dynamics of the growth of the market of communal equipment was not as long as expected. Already in mid-2008, the global financial crisis created difficulties for a variety of industries, including the market of communal vehicles.

In 2009, the composition of the market of municipal engineering showed a clear superiority of the Russian manufacturer over foreign. This development was preceded by the installation of high import duties on foreign road construction equipment in 2009, and then their re-increase in January 2010, these measures made the import of a wide range of foreign utility equipment an unprofitable activity.

Also, the government of the Russian Federation has taken measures to support the domestic producer, in connection with this, the overall dynamics of growth in the production of Russian communal equipment throughout 2009 was positive. As for the other two components of this market, namely the import and export of road machinery, it makes sense to note a small jump in imports during April 2009, as well as a jump in exports in February 2010. The latest data show that in the next five to ten years in this market, new strong players may appear, dealing with both sales and improfort communal and road machinery. This will have a very positive impact on the market as well as on the whole economy. However, today we can only say that today Russian manufacturers dominate the market of Russian communal equipment .