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2024: Sales of production machines in Russia for the year decreased by a third to 693,000 units

The volume of purchases of production machines by Russian enterprises in 2024 decreased to 693,000 units, which is almost a third lower than the peak indicator of 2023, when 1 million machines were purchased. Such data are provided by the consulting company ATK + in its report presented in April 2025.

As Vedomosti reports with reference to this study, the share of foreign machines from the total number of purchased for production in 2024 amounted to 98.3%. At the same time, the own production of machine tools in Russia has more than doubled over the five-year period from 2020 to 2024 - from 5,300 to 11,360 units.

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According to a source in one of the engineering companies, China in 2024 accounted for 71% of the volume of imported machines in monetary terms, which is about $1.61 billion. For comparison, in 2020-2021, the share of Chinese machines was 20-25% of the total cost of imports. This is followed by Taiwan with a share of 7%, Japan - 4%, Germany - 2.7%, South Korea - 2.5%, India - 2.4% and Turkey - 1.8%.

There have been significant changes in the import structure of machine tools against the background of sanctions restrictions. Direct supplies of Japanese machines to Russia decreased tenfold, only partially compensated by the import of used equipment or new machines through third countries. German machines, which previously occupied a 15-20% market share, practically disappeared from imports in 2024.

At the same time, the share of Indian machines in 2024 compared to 2020 increased 27.5 times to $55 million. Indian manufacturers supply mainly simple universal machines and small machining centers. Turkey, on the other hand, acts mainly as a transit hub for the re-export of machine tools to Russia.

The most critical situation with import substitution is observed in the field of electronics and microelectronics. According to Aleksei Boyko, an independent analyst and author of the RUSmicro Telegram channel, assembly lines for the production of electronics in Russia remain almost 100% equipped with imported equipment.^[1]

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