Demand for electric cars falls in Kazakhstan

During the reporting period, the administrative police bodies have registered 826 101 vehicles of all types, increasing by 12.3% over last year’s level. Of which 770 640 vehicles were subjected to secondary registration, representing a year-over-year increase in the range of 11.5 per cent (691 084 vehicles). 55 461 were newly registered vehicles with a 24.8% growth compared the 2018 level.

As of July 2019, the number of registered vehicles has reached 122 873, exceeding last year’s level by 8.1%, including 113 772 resold vehicles (+6.9% compared to the July 2018 level).

Seven months of 2019 saw registration of 11 electric-drive vehicles in Kazakhstan against 39 in the previous year.

Over two thirds (69.9%) of the vehicles been re-registered since 2019 are over ten years of age. The biggest share was found among vehicles aged over 20 years (42.3% or 325 806), from 11 to 20 years old – 27.6% (212 493), from 4 to 7 years old – 20.3% (156 083), from 8 to 10 years old – 5.9% (45 840), from 1 to 3 years old – 3.5% (26 980), and less than 1 years old – 0.4% (3 438).

Transactions in the Kazakh automotive market still reflect an orderly ageing of vehicles within the country as the share of transport over 20 years old being resold on the secondary market has risen to 42.3% from 39.6% in January-July 2018, and the share of vehicles aged from 1 to 3 years old has reduced from 4.5% to 3.5%.

The most number of re-registered vehicles following 7 months of 2019 was found in the Almaty region (118 904), Almaty (94 165) and the Turkestan region (70 684). The residents of the Almaty region also have registered the most number of vehicles aged over 20 (68 314 or 21.0%). It was followed by the Turkestan region (34 876 or 10.7%) and Almaty (27 642 or 8.5%).

Almaty has seen the most number of vehicles aged less than 1 year been re-registered (815 or 23.7%), ahead of Nur-Sultan and the Atyrau – 378 or 11.0% and 369 or 10.7%, respectively.

Established in 2015, KazAutoProm, the union of enterprises of the Kazakh automotive industry, is a sectoral union brining together the biggest participants of the Kazakh automotive industry. The union’s participants take over 60% of the Kazakh auto industry output, and more than 40% of employees in the industry.

The union is accredited to the expert councils on entrepreneurship under six Kazakh ministries including the Investment and Development Ministry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Economy Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Energy Ministry. The union sits on Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs and a legal entities association “The Union of Machine Builders of Kazakhstan” as well as partners with non-commercial partnership “The Association of Car Manufactures of Russia”.

KazAutoProm is a full representative of the Kazakh automotive industry in the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers – OICA (established in 1919, headquartered in Paris).

OICA joins national unions of 39 major motor vehicle manufacturers and is the only sectoral association accredited to the UN, participates in drawing up motor vehicle safety standards of the European Economic Commission.