New methodology for calculating scrappage fee for passenger cars in Russia comes into force on Dec 1
MOSCOW. Dec 1 (Interfax) - The new methodology for calculating the scrappage fee for passenger cars in Russia, which also considers the engine power of imported vehicles, came into force on December 1.
The corresponding changes were approved a month ago by government resolution no. 1713.
They assume that the rate for calculating the scrappage fee when importing a vehicle into Russia will now be formed taking into account the base rate (for passenger cars - 20,000 rubles), as well as the type and volume of the engine, whose power influences the formation of a coefficient according to a progressive scale.
At the same time, preferential scrappage fee rates for vehicles with an engine power of up to 160 HP which are imported into Russia by individuals for personal use remain in effect. This category of vehicles accounts for over 80% of the country's car fleet, the Industry and Trade Ministry said.
The preferential rates for individuals in question are 3,400 rubles for vehicles under three years old and 5,200 rubles for vehicles more than three years old.
The new scrappage fee calculation rules were announced in mid-September, and it was initially planned that they would come into force on November 1. However, at the instructions of First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, a one-month postponement of this measure was worked out until December 1.
"Taking into account the interests of those citizens who may have ordered and paid for cars with an engine power over 160 HP after the publication of the draft regulatory legal act with new parameters or faced unpredictable delays in the delivery of vehicles, a decision was made to postpone the proposed entry into force of the resolution by one month - to December 1, 2025 (instead of November 1, 2025)," the Industry and Trade Ministry said.
The innovations will not affect those who paid the scrappage fee for a foreign car according to the current parameters before their entry into force, the ministry said.
