Mu gice ca mbere c’umwaka wa 2018, isoko ry’amapine y’ipikipiki ry’Ubushinwa ryaciye mu mahinduka mashasha. Mu mezi abiri aheze, ibikoresho vy’amapine y’amapikipiki vya Michelin, Pirelli na Bridgestone vyinjiye ku mugaragaro mw’isoko ry’Abashinwa.
Ku wa 10 Ndamukiza 2018, Michelin yatangaje ko ibintu vyayo vy’amapine y’ipikipiki vy’agaciro kanini vyinjiye ku mugaragaro mw’isoko ry’Abashinwa.
Ibarabara ry’ipikipiki ry’ipikipiki ry’ipikipiki ryinjiye mw’isoko ry’Abashinwa ku ncuro ya mbere mu 2014, igitigiri c’ugurisha caraduze cane kuva ku bihumbi vyinshi ku mwaka gushika ku 100,000 muri Ndamukiza 2018, amapine y’ipikipiki ya Pirelli yabereye ku ncuro ya mbere mw’isoko rya Shanghai{.
Ku wa 21 Rusama 2018, Bridgestone yaragiranye inama nshasha yo gutanguza igicuruzwa ku kibuga c’indege mpuzamakungu ca Zhuhai maze imenyesha ko amapine y’amapikipiki ya Bridgestone cane yashitse ku cete c’Ubushinwa 3C c’Ubushinwa, n’ikigo c’amarushanwa y’amapikipiki y’Ubushinwa (Prince) Biciye mu gutanga amapine y’amapikipiki mu Bushinwa bwo mu Bumanuko, Ubushinwa bwashizeho isoko ry’Ubushinwa n’ugucuruza.
Bivugwa ko urutonde rushasha rwa Bridgestone rw’amapine mashasha y’ipikipiki ruri ku nzira y’umwuga mu mihanda y’abasivile mbere mbere n’amapine ya ADV (amapine y’inzira ndende), ariko kandi ashaka gushiramwo isoko ry’Abashinwa mu mufuko{2}}
Ico kintu kiri hejuru kigaragaza ko urugero rw’amapine y’ipikipiki y’amahanga yinjiye mw’isoko ry’Abashinwa bwahindutse buhoro buhoro kuva ku bucuruzi buto buto bwa kera gushika ku bucuruzi bukomeye bw’ubudandaji bw’ubudandaji bw’amapikipiki mu Bushinwa burahinduka butekanye, kandi ugusaba ibintu vy’agaciro n’ivy’agaciro kanini biramaze kuboneka . Hazoba iterambere ryihuta mu kiringo c’imbere.