Road builders want to set a threshold for imported equipment

The Ministry of Transport proposed to establish a cut-off requirement from 2025, which would not allow road construction companies to public procurement if they own less than 30% of Russian-made equipment. It is assumed that this share will grow by several percentage points annually and by 2030 will reach 60%. The ministry considers such a measure as an incentive for import substitution, it is contained in the draft government decree No. 2571 (“On the requirements for participants in the procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs”). Vedomosti has the document, it was sent for consideration to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Construction, the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor), the state company Avtodor, the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK), Rostec, as well as to specialized associations.

The draft resolution is at the stage of preliminary development and has not yet been officially considered, explained a source familiar with the discussion of the document. According to him, it was being prepared within the framework of an interdepartmental working group on import substitution priorities in the field of procurement of road construction and municipal equipment (it includes the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Rosavtodor).