Chinese vehicle recall campaigns in Russia being delayed
Recall campaigns for problematic Chinese trucks in Russia have not yet begun, Vedomosti reported. Rosstandart has approved them for only two manufacturers — Shacman and Sitrak — out of the five whose vehicles were banned this year.
Shacman dump trucks have been banned since February 2025, and in late July, similar measures affected four other Chinese makes — Dongfeng, Foton, FAW and Sitrak — when Rosstandart announced a ban on the sale of their trucks and truck frames in Russia. Inspections had revealed violations "that pose a significant danger of death or injury to both the drivers themselves and other road users," the agency said. The July decision affected about 20,000 unsold vehicles in storage facilities, according to Kommersant newspaper. "A market cleanup could promote domestic truck sales growth," the publication noted.
Rosstandart stated that all the above manufacturers had complied with the requirement to suspend sales and had begun developing modification programmes. However, not all manufacturers have received approval for their recall programmes. In particular, Nikita Chursin, head of commercial vehicle sales at Dongfeng Motor Rus, told Vedomosti that the company submitted its programme to Rosstandart at the end of October. The company is now awaiting a response from the agency within 30 days and expects to then go through all the necessary procedures to get its vehicles back on the market.
To date, key Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturers, including Dongfeng, Sitrak, Shacman, FAW and Foton, have effectively suspended deliveries of new vehicles to the Russian market and have lost ground since their certificates of conformity were revoked.
"Drawing a direct connection between the position of KAMAZ and the decisions that have been made regarding a number of Chinese truck makers would be wrong," Russian Deputy Minister of Industry Albert Karimov said in an interview with Business Online in November. "A number of players have stooped to disregarding safety requirements in order to grow their market presence. We cannot allow such disregard to happen — the playing field must be level for everyone, and the requirements must be the same for everyone," he said.
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05.12.25