Recycling Fee Calculator (Russia)

Written byOleh Soloninupdated 25 September 2026

Importer

Powertrain

Displacement, cc

Power given in

Power

From the vehicle papers. For an electric car, the motor's 30-minute rating; with several motors, add them up.

Vehicle age

Counted from the production date; without one, from 1 July of the model year in the VIN.

Year the levy is paid

Result

Recycling levy5,200.00 ₽
Coefficient0.26
Scale
Concession: up to 3,000 cc and 160 hp (117.68 kW) for personal use
Schedule band1,001–2,000 cc, 95.62–117.68 kW (131–160 hp)
Power used, kW110.33
Top-up if sold within 12 months1,403,600.00 ₽
Under the other import status1,408,800.00 ₽
By year of payment, same age
2026 5,200 ₽ 2027 5,200 ₽ 2028 5,200 ₽ 2029 5,200 ₽ 2030 onward 5,200 ₽

The personal-use rate stops at 160 hp

Russia's vehicle recycling levy (utilsbor) for passenger cars in 2026–2030 under Government Resolution No. 1291: the 3,400 and 5,200 ₽ personal-import rates up to 160 hp and the general scale by engine size and power, for petrol, hybrid and electric cars.

This is a Russian charge: anyone bringing a car into Russia, or building one there, pays it before registration. The levy is a base rate of 20,000 ₽ for passenger cars multiplied by a coefficient from the schedule attached to Government Resolution No. 1291. The coefficient depends on the car's age, engine size, power, the year of payment, and who imports the car and why.

A private individual importing a car for their own use pays 3,400 ₽ for a car up to three years old and 5,200 ₽ for an older one — but only up to 3,000 cc and 160 hp (117.68 kW), or 80 hp (58.84 kW) for an electric car. Anything more powerful falls under the general scale, where the levy runs to hundreds of thousands or millions of roubles.

How to use

Choose who is importing: a private individual for personal use, or a company, sole trader or individual importing for resale.
Pick the powertrain and enter displacement and power, in horsepower or kilowatts as in the vehicle papers. For a hybrid, add the electric motor's power.
Choose the age band — up to 3 years or older — and the year the levy will be paid.
Read the levy, the coefficient and the schedule band, and below them how the sum changes through 2030.

How the levy is worked out

Levy = 20,000 ₽ × coefficient. The coefficient comes from section I of the schedule to Resolution No. 1291, which covers M1 passenger cars. It has four tables — electric and combustion cars on the general scale, and the same cars imported by an individual for personal use — each split into engine-size and power bands, with columns for 2026 through "2030 onward" and separate figures for cars up to three years old and older.

Age runs from the production date. Where the papers do not show it, the model year is read from the VIN and the three years are counted from 1 July of that year. The coefficient's year is the year of payment, meaning the day the money is booked as the levy.

Power comes from the vehicle documents. For an electric car it is the motor's maximum 30-minute rating, summed across motors. Hybrids other than series hybrids use the combustion table with engine and motor power added together; a series hybrid counts as an electric car.

General scale, up to 160 hp (117.68 kW), paid in 2026: coefficient and levy. From the schedule to Resolution No. 1291 as amended on 6 February 2026.
Engine size	Up to 3 years	Over 3 years
Up to 1,000 cc	14.88 → 297,600 ₽	27.6 → 552,000 ₽
1,001–2,000 cc	40.04 → 800,800 ₽	70.44 → 1,408,800 ₽
2,001–3,000 cc	112.52 → 2,250,400 ₽	170.36 → 3,407,200 ₽
3,001–3,500 cc	129.2 → 2,584,000 ₽	197.81 → 3,956,200 ₽
Over 3,500 cc	164.53 → 3,290,600 ₽	216.29 → 4,325,800 ₽

The personal-use rate and its conditions

The 0.17 and 0.26 coefficients give 3,400 ₽ and 5,200 ₽. They apply to a combustion car up to 3,000 cc and 160 hp (117.68 kW), and to an electric car up to 80 hp (58.84 kW). Above 3,000 cc there is no concession at any power.

An import counts as personal when all of these hold: the levy calculation declares personal use; the car is registered to the payer within 12 months of the customs receipt; and one of the conditions in footnote 7 of the schedule is met — most often, duties paid at the flat personal rates or as a single combined customs payment. A car first cleared in another Eurasian Economic Union country must have been released there at least 12 months before the calculation is filed.

The concession is lost in two ways. Sell the car within 12 months of the customs receipt and the levy is topped up to the general scale. Import a second car for personal use within 12 months of the first and the second one pays the general scale from the start.

Private individual for personal use, 1,001–2,000 cc, paid in 2026. The schedule sets thresholds in kW; horsepower figures convert at 1 hp = 0.7355 kW.
Power	Up to 3 years	Over 3 years
Up to 160 hp (117.68 kW)	3,400 ₽	5,200 ₽
161–190 hp	900,000 ₽	1,492,800 ₽
191–220 hp	952,800 ₽	1,584,000 ₽
221–250 hp	1,010,400 ₽	1,677,600 ₽
251–280 hp	1,142,400 ₽	1,838,400 ₽
281–310 hp	1,291,200 ₽	2,011,200 ₽
311–340 hp	1,459,200 ₽	2,203,200 ₽
341–370 hp	1,663,200 ₽	2,412,000 ₽
371–400 hp	1,896,000 ₽	2,640,000 ₽
401–430 hp	2,160,000 ₽	2,892,000 ₽
431–460 hp	2,464,800 ₽	3,168,000 ₽
461–500 hp	2,808,000 ₽	3,468,000 ₽
Over 500 hp	3,201,600 ₽	3,796,800 ₽

Electric cars

Electric cars and series hybrids are assessed on electric-motor power rather than engine displacement, so the bands run on motor power alone. The personal-use rate stops at 80 hp (58.84 kW). From 81 hp an individual pays the general scale like a company would: a new 150 kW (204 hp) electric car paid for in 2026 carries 2,193,600 ₽.

Electric car, private individual for personal use, paid in 2026.
Motor power	Up to 3 years	Over 3 years
Up to 80 hp (58.84 kW)	3,400 ₽	5,200 ₽
81–100 hp	991,200 ₽	1,641,600 ₽
101–130 hp	1,317,600 ₽	1,912,800 ₽
131–160 hp	1,560,000 ₽	2,227,200 ₽
161–190 hp	1,848,000 ₽	2,594,400 ₽
191–220 hp	2,193,600 ₽	3,024,000 ₽
221–250 hp	2,599,200 ₽	3,523,200 ₽
251–280 hp	3,079,200 ₽	4,104,000 ₽
Over 280 hp	3,648,000 ₽	4,780,800 ₽

How the levy rises to 2030

The schedule lists coefficients year by year: on the general scale each year is roughly 10% above the one before, up to the "2030 onward" column. The 0.17 and 0.26 personal rates stay the same. For comparison, a 1.6-litre car at 150 hp on the general scale, and the same car at 190 hp imported by an individual for their own use:

1,600 cc. The first two columns are the general scale. A car also ages while you wait: three years after production it moves to the older column.
Year paid	150 hp, up to 3 years	150 hp, over 3 years	Individual, 190 hp, over 3 years
2026	800,800 ₽	1,408,800 ₽	1,492,800 ₽
2027	880,800 ₽	1,549,600 ₽	1,642,000 ₽
2028	969,000 ₽	1,704,600 ₽	1,806,200 ₽
2029	1,065,800 ₽	1,875,200 ₽	1,987,000 ₽
2030 onward	1,172,400 ₽	2,062,600 ₽	2,185,600 ₽

What this calculator shows

The levy in roubles and the coefficient from the schedule
Whether the personal-use rate applies, and if not, whether power or engine size rules it out
The schedule band and the power in kilowatts
The top-up due on a sale within 12 months, and the levy under the other import status
The levy by year of payment from 2026 to 2030

What to keep in mind

Passenger cars (category M1, section I of the schedule) only. Trucks, buses, chassis and trailers use a base rate of 150,000 ₽ and their own coefficients.
The calculator does not test the personal-use conditions; it trusts the status you choose. They are set out in footnote 7 to the schedule.
If duty, VAT or excise paid at import fall short of what the car's average value in the Ministry of Industry list, or its documented engine size and power, would imply, the difference is added to the levy (clause 5 of the collection rules). The calculator gives only the schedule amount.
Horsepower converts to kilowatts at 0.7355.

Where the numbers come from

Checked against Russian Government Resolution No. 1291 of 26 December 2013 as amended on 6 February 2026, schedule of recycling levies, section I and footnotes 2–7 · verified September 2026.

FAQs

What does a private individual pay in 2026?

3,400 ₽ for a car up to three years old and 5,200 ₽ for an older one, provided it is a combustion car up to 3,000 cc and 160 hp, or an electric car up to 80 hp, imported for personal use. Anything larger or more powerful pays the general scale: a 1.6-litre, 190 hp car over three years old carries 1,492,800 ₽.

What happens if the car is sold within a year?

Selling a car imported at the personal rate within 12 months of the customs receipt means topping the levy up to the general scale; until that is paid, the obligation counts as unmet. The calculator shows the top-up on its own line.

How are hybrids assessed?

A series hybrid is treated as an electric car, on motor power. Other hybrids use the combustion table: engine size, and power equal to the engine plus the motor's 30-minute rating.

How is the car's age decided?

From the production date. If the documents do not show it, the model year is taken from the VIN and three years are counted from 1 July of that year.

Will the levy change in 2027?

Under the schedule as it stands, yes: general-scale coefficients for 2027 are roughly 10% higher than for 2026, and they rise each year to 2030. The personal rates of 0.17 and 0.26 do not change. Pick the payment year in the calculator to see the sum.

Is there a levy on cars over 30 years old?

Resolution No. 1291 has a separate list for them: a car at least 30 years past its model year, not meant for commercial transport, with its original engine, body and frame, kept or restored to original condition, pays no levy.

Worked example

A 1.6-litre, 190 hp car over three years old

Input: 1600 cc, 190 hp, over 3 years, private individual for personal use, paid in 2026

Output: 1,492,800 ₽, coefficient 74.64

Note: At more than 160 hp the personal rate does not apply, so the individual pays the general scale. The same car at 150 hp would cost 5,200 ₽.

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