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Deceived for sure: the Russian car market is drowning in tons of counterfeit parts

  • March 30, 2023
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Shortages, sanctions and increased demand caused a monstrous rise in spare parts prices, benefiting sellers. At the same time, the country’s vehicle fleet is not getting any younger,

Deceived for sure: the Russian car market is drowning in tons of counterfeit parts
Shortages, sanctions and increased demand caused a monstrous rise in spare parts prices, benefiting sellers. At the same time, the country’s vehicle fleet is not getting any younger, and most citizens simply have nothing to replace the car with. Here the existing one needs to be repaired. But how? Merchants, taking the opportunity, flooded the market, not understanding what. Today, every fourth spare part is fake, and the highest level of counterfeiting is in the motor oil segment.

The exodus of car dealerships with spare parts warehouses coupled with a complete separation of the dealer network from corporate politics; a deficit that has not been overcome since the pandemic; sanctions that do not prohibit but do not recommend supplies and supply chain disruptions have turned the domestic market into a Klondike for fraud of all kinds.

First of all – for the mass sale of counterfeits, which visually do not differ from the original, but do not make sense in practice. The anonymous telegram channel “Nezygar” reports about the highest influx of such car products in our country in all modern history. He gives an expert assessment, according to which the share of counterfeit products can reach 50-60%. This has never happened before.

In addition to fake goods transported by train through Armenia and Kazakhstan, production of similar products has already been established in Russia. I remember how the officials tried for decades to locate the “consumables”: the “dealers” succeeded in ten to twelve months. The reason is the complete non-compliance with the requirements and characteristics established by the manufacturer, as well as benefits that amount to hundreds of percent. After all, the original is expensive, which is why the fake brings extraordinary income from now on. According to the experts of the Association of Automotive Components Distributors, it is simply impossible to determine the exact size of the counterfeit market now – it is too large.

The leader of all counterfeits is motor oil, which is counterfeited more often than anything else. High cost, a phenomenal level of counterfeit packaging (even a professional cannot distinguish it), the low price of the product itself in a jerry can or barrel is a gold mine for unscrupulous businessmen.

If a conditional Lukoil or Rosneft turned out to be in a container with the inscription “Mercedes” – this is not so bad, but if it is a refined mining or a cocktail of petroleum products, then the car owner will face serious problems, and scammers – fantastic incomes. It is quite natural that the market was literally flooded by a wave of counterfeit goods.

At the same time, the number of counterfeits has reached such a level that the situation will be discussed at a comprehensive meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Economic Development. It is expected that law enforcement agencies will be very actively involved in identifying and localizing the production of counterfeit products in the auto parts segment in the very near future, so we are waiting for hot headlines and sharp revelations: it is simply impossible to to market quickly without serious connections and big names.

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The exodus of car dealerships with spare parts warehouses coupled with a complete separation of the dealer network from corporate politics; a deficit that has not been overcome since the pandemic; sanctions that do not prohibit but do not recommend supplies and supply chain disruptions have turned the domestic market into a Klondike for fraud of all kinds.

First of all – for the mass sale of counterfeits, which visually do not differ from the original, but do not make sense in practice. The anonymous telegram channel “Nezygar” reports about the highest influx of such car products in our country in all modern history. He gives an expert assessment, according to which the share of counterfeit products can reach 50-60%. This has never happened before.

In addition to fake goods transported by train through Armenia and Kazakhstan, production of similar products has already been established in Russia. I remember how for decades the officials tried to locate the “consumables”: the “dealers” succeeded in ten to twelve months. The reason is the complete non-compliance with the requirements and characteristics laid down by the manufacturer, as well as benefits amounting to hundreds of percent. After all, the original is expensive, which is why the fake brings extraordinary income from now on. According to the experts of the Association of Automotive Components Distributors, it is simply impossible to determine the exact size of the counterfeit market right now – it is too large.

The leader of all counterfeits is motor oil, which is counterfeited more often than anything else. High cost, a phenomenal level of counterfeit packaging (even a professional cannot distinguish it), the low price of the product itself in a jerry can or barrel is a gold mine for unscrupulous businessmen.

If a conditional Lukoil or Rosneft turned out to be in a container with the inscription “Mercedes” – this is not so bad, but if it is a refined mining or a cocktail of petroleum products, then the car owner will face serious problems, and scammers – fantastic incomes. It is quite natural that the market was literally flooded by a wave of counterfeit goods.

At the same time, the number of counterfeits has reached such a level that the situation will be discussed at a comprehensive meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Economic Development. It is expected that law enforcement agencies will be very actively involved in identifying and localizing the production of counterfeit products in the auto parts segment in the very near future, so we are waiting for hot headlines and sharp revelations: it is simply impossible to to market quickly without serious connections and big names.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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