{"id":474009,"date":"2026-03-13T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/474009\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:04:24","slug":"kazakhstan-mirrors-russia-with-vehicle-recycling-fee-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/474009\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan Mirrors Russia With Vehicle Recycling Fee Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kazakhstan plans to increase<\/a> the recycling fee for vehicles imported from Russia after officials in Moscow followed through with a scheduled hike to Russia\u2019s own\u00a0recycling duty that was introduced to support domestic automanufacturing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re mirroring Russia\u2019s position,\u201d Kazakh media quoted Industry and Construction Minister Ersayin Nagaspayev as saying.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Russia introduced a recycling fee as a one-time payment collected from importers, manufacturers and buyers to cover the future disposal of a vehicle. The recycling fee was raised in January as part of an annual 10-20% hike that is expected to continue until 2030.<\/p>\n

Kazakhstan\u2019s current recycling fee for an imported passenger vehicle is roughly equivalent to 117,000 rubles ($1,500).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s fee for a standard imported car with engine sizes between one and two liters is 800,000 rubles ($10,200), more than double the previous rate.\u00a0The recycling fee can exceed 1 million rubles (12,700) for cars with more than 160 horsepower.<\/p>\n

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Nagaspayev said Kazakhstan\u2019s reciprocal duty increase this year is expected to raise the cost of Russian vehicles by 3.7%.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot that many cars from Russia enter Kazakhstan, so there will be no dramatic increase,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lada, Russia\u2019s flagship car brand manufactured by AvtoVAZ, ranked 17th among Kazakhstan\u2019s best-selling brands in 2025.<\/p>\n

An AvtoVAZ spokesperson said<\/a> last week the automaker was \u201cclosely monitoring\u201d developments in neighboring Kazakhstan amid reports that the Central Asian country would hike its vehicle recycling fee.<\/p>\n

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