China on the border from the Russian Federation has created a dealer center and is profitable in the war in Ukraine - media (photo)

China's exports to Russia demonstrated an increase of 69 percent for the first 11 months of 2023 compared to the same period of 2021, to a large -scale invasion of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine. On the snowy border of China with Russia, the dealership center that sells trucks, has doubled the realization last year thanks to Russian clients.

The Chinese make a profit from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which forced Russia to move from west to China to purchase everything from cars to computer circuits. Details reports The New York Times. The Border City of Heikhe is a kind of transshipment base. Recently, according to the publication, there were queues of diesel trucks. They were waiting to transport goods across the bridge across the Amur River to Russia.

The new bridge, as well as the trucks that had Genlyon badges, a brand owned by the State Shanghai Automobile Industrial Corporation. A company known as SAIC also produces car brands such as MG purchased in Britain. Sales helped the PRC to overtake Japan this year among the world's largest car exporter. German manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

Earlier, these German corporations were leading in sales in Russia, but they went back to sanctions against the country by Europe, the United States and their allies. Sales of luxury cars in Russia have fallen sharply, which has contributed to the reduction of the total size of the country market, which is now less than half the size of the German.

China can transport cars to Russia by rail, which is an important factor because the country lacks its own fleet of transoean transport ships for car export. There are already successful results of such trade. According to GlobalData Automotive, Chinese car manufacturers captured 55 percent of the Russian market. They had 8 percent in 2021.

Some workers find work on the Russian border, where by this year there were not enough stops for trucks, customs centers, stations, pipelines and other infrastructure. In the summer, in cities such as Heihe, construction was actively coming, although it stopped due to the cold winter. Exports from China to Russia increased by 69 percent for the first 11 months of this year compared to the same period of 2021, before invasion of Ukraine.