Kazakhstan Is Preparing to Increase the Scrap Fee on Cars From Russia

Kazakhstan plans to increase the scrap fee on cars imported from Russia, Orda.kz reports, citing TASS.

The corresponding order has been registered with the justice authorities, the Ministry of Industry and Construction said.

The authorities explained the decision by the need to eliminate the imbalance of payments in mutual trade within the EAEU.

The increase in the scrap fee is being introduced in order to eliminate the imbalance in the level of the utilization payment in Kazakhstan compared with the disposal payment in Russia, as well as to exclude regulatory and price arbitrage in mutual trade within the EAEU.

The payment rates are set separately by vehicle type and category, with reference to the rates in force in Russia. At the same time, Kazakhstan does not expect a sharp increase in car prices. The share of Russian cars on the market remains small: 0.43% in 2024, 1.31% in 2025, and 1.62% in the first two months of 2026.

With regard to vehicles imported from the Russian Federation, the price will increase in proportion to the increase in the scrap fee coefficient.the ministry said.

Most cars in Kazakhstan today come from China, Georgia, the UAE, South Korea and Japan. China is the leader in direct deliveries.

The Ministry of Ecology proposed in January increasing the fee for cars and agricultural machinery from Russia and Belarus in order to remove the price imbalance within the EAEU. The draft order published on the Open NPA portal provided for the introduction of an increasing coefficient of two for equipment imported from those countries.

Original author: Raushan Korzhumbekova

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