“Everyone has closed up so tightly that not even a mouse can get through. Recycling tax rates will soon exceed the price of the cars themselves… Why are we doing this, what kind of union can we talk about?” – said A. Lukashenko, speaking at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana.
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He also reminded that when creating the union, there was talk about joint investment attraction for the development of component manufacturing.
This statement was responded to by Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary:
“This is Alexander Grigorievich’s position and everyone respects it. Not everyone agrees with us. This is criticism directed at us. Yes, and this is a basis for work both at the bilateral and multilateral levels.”
In Russia, a significant increase in recycling tax rates and changes in their calculation procedures came into effect on December 1, 2025. Later, Kazakhstan also decided to increase the rates. Belarus increased recycling tax rates by 7% at the end of April 2026.
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From April 1, Russia tightened the rules for car imports through Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan. The unified recycling tax formula is now linked to the indicators of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, which affects the final car price for Russian buyers.
At the beginning of May, Kazakhstan introduced a “mirror” recycling tax on cars imported from Russia.
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