Expert in the mining and metallurgical industry of the Institute for Economics of Growth named after. P.A. Stolypin Pavel Gamov says that Chinese metallurgists receive significant government support for exports, which, given the extremely low rates of the Central Bank of China and the availability of cheap lending, provides dumping opportunities.
The average selling price of a Russian plant for a rear 12-leaf spring for KamAZ in 2025 is 78–84 thousand rubles. And the Chinese analogue of the same size and load is sold in Russia for 48–56 thousand rubles. even taking into account the current duty.
The EEC has launched a repeated anti-dumping investigation against leaf springs and sheets for them originating from China, the commission’s materials say. These products are used in the production and repair of trucks, buses, trolleybuses, tractors, trailers and semi-trailers, and road construction equipment. The application was submitted by the key spring manufacturer - Chusovsky Metallurgical Plant, part of OMK
