In the first quarter of 2024, 86 thousand passenger cars were imported to Ukraine. Their total declared value amounted to $1.1 billion, and the state budget received UAH 11.1 billion for the import of these cars. For comparison, in the first quarter of 2023, 52 thousand cars were imported to Ukraine (67% less than in the first quarter of 2024) with a declared value 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).
Most of the cars were imported from Germany – 17.1 thousand cars, the United States – 14.5 thousand cars, and China – 9.1 thousand cars. The TOP-5 includes cars from Japan – 8.9 thousand cars and South Korea – 4.4 thousand cars. The top ten countries from which most cars were imported to Ukraine are closing: Slovakia – 4.2 thousand cars, France – 4.1 thousand cars, Mexico – 4 thousand cars, the United Kingdom – 3.7 thousand cars, and the Czech Republic – 3.7 thousand cars.
In terms of value, the largest imports of cars came from the United States – $211.2 million (UAH 2 billion was paid to the state budget), Germany – $168.7 million (more than UAH 2.1 billion was paid to the state budget), China – $138.2 million (the state budget received UAH 182.3 million).
The top 5 countries in terms of the declared value of imported cars are Japan – $133.6 million (the budget received almost UAH 1.8 billion) and Slovakia – $81.7 million (the state budget received UAH 788.4 million).
The top 10 countries in terms of the value of imported passenger cars are as follows: The United Kingdom – by $59.6 million (almost UAH 492 million was paid to the budget), Hungary – $53.2 million (the budget received over UAH 515.3 million), South Korea – $49.3 million (the budget received UAH 468.4 million), Poland – $40.2 million (over UAH 351.6 million was paid to the state budget) and Romania – $38.8 million (UAH 311.9 million was transferred to the budget of Ukraine).
