In January 2025, imports of passenger cars, including cargo and passenger vans and racing cars (UKT FEA code 8703), decreased by 17.8% in monetary terms compared to January last year to $333.97 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the top three countries from which cars were imported were Germany, the United States and Japan.
In particular, imports of cars from Germany increased by 39.6% to $74.64 million, and their share in the structure of car imports amounted to 22.35% against 13.15% a year earlier.
Cars from the United States were imported for $62.51 million (12% less); from Japan, which last year was not among the top three countries with the largest car imports, they were imported for $41.71 million.
At the same time, China was not among the top three in January 2025, with imports from it amounting to $70.7 million in January last year (second place after the United States).
In general, imports of passenger cars from other countries amounted to $155.11 million in January 2025, while a year earlier it was $211.35 million.
At the same time, last month, Ukraine exported such vehicles for $1.09 million, while a year earlier – for $0.76 million, in particular, 90.5% of exports were to the UAE, 3.78% – to Germany, 3.13% – to Moldova, while in January-2024 it was Canada (52.4%), the United States (26.8%) and Germany (7.2%).
As reported, in 2024, Ukraine imported passenger cars worth $4.385 billion, 8% more than a year earlier, and exported $10.1 million (2.7 times less).