Sales of Russian road-building equipment (DST) in January-June 2025 collapsed by 45.4% a year by the year-up to 21.1 billion rubles, the Rosspetsmash association said. The decline accelerated: if in the first quarter the decline was 36.6%, then in May - 41.3%, and in June - already 62.9%(2.7 billion rubles), which became the worst indicator of the year.
of the import technique is also reduced, but slower - by 25-30%, according to SBS Consulting. Sales of foreign brands support a strong ruble and the absence of domestic counterparts in a number of categories.
for most types of equipment, Russian manufacturers fix the decline: autocrains - minus 54%, pipe layers - minus 69%, telescopic loaders - minus 86%, front loaders - minus 50%, motorgraders - minus 50%, minus 50%, bulldozers - bouleders - bouleders - bouleders. minus 52%, rollers - minus 78%. The exceptions were cranes-manipulators (44%).
Among the reasons for the crisis is a high key rate of the Central Bank, cost growth, competition with cheap Chinese equipment and a drop in demand in housing and road construction. An additional blow can cause a sharp increase in the import of the Chinese DST at the end of 2025 before the utilsbor indexation by 15% from January 1, 2026. This threatens with new overstocking, decreasing prices and ruin of dealers.
“Rosspetsmash” calls on the authorities to large -scale support: preferential loans, tax benefits, prepayment of state orders, programs for updating equipment for builders and communal companies. The Association also proposes to strengthen technical control and measures against importers.
Experts note that it is unlikely to restore the market in the near future: against the background of the crisis in the housing sector and the completion of large infrastructure projects, the demand for DST continues to fall.
