Car imports jumped sharply in Ukraine

During three months of this year, 86 thousand cars were brought to Ukraine. The State Customs Service announced this on Monday, May 27.

It was noted that the total declared value of imported cars was $1.1 billion, and the state budget received 11.1 billion hryvnias for imports.

“For comparison, in the first quarter of 2023, 52 thousand cars were imported into Ukraine (67% less than in the first quarter of 2024) with a declared cost of more than $705.8 million (61% less than in the first quarter of 2024) and UAH 7.4 billion was paid to the budget (49% less than in the first quarter of 2024),” the statement said.

The majority of cars were imported from Germany – 17.1 thousand cars, the USA – 14.5 thousand cars and China – 9.1 thousand cars. The most popular are cars from Japan – 8.9 thousand cars and South Korea – 4.4 thousand cars.

The top ten countries where most cars are imported to Ukraine are: Slovakia – 4.2 thousand cars, France – 4.1 thousand cars, Mexico – 4 thousand cars, Great Britain – 3.7 thousand cars and Czech Republic. – 3.7 thousand cars.

In terms of value, the largest car imports were imported from the USA – $211.2 million (2 billion UAH were paid to the state budget), Germany – $168.7 million (more than 2.1 billion UAH were paid to the budget of state), China – $138.2 million ( the state budget received 182.3 million UAH).

We remind you that last year almost 61 thousand new passenger cars were sold in Ukraine worth more than 105.5 billion Hryvnia.

In April, the Ukrainian car fleet was filled with more than 4,200 electric cars, which is double the amount in April 2023.