Primary registrations of new commercial vehicles (including heavy-duty vehicles) in Ukraine in June of this year decreased by 7% compared to May of this year and by 3.4 times compared to June last year, to 429 units, Ukravtoprom reports.
According to a report on the association’s website, the best result in June (as a year ago) was demonstrated by the French Renault brand – 76 cars, which is 29.6% less than in May 2022 and 7 times less than last year’s June.
MAN is in second place with 52 cars (in June 2021 – 9th line of the rating), while in June of the last and in May of this year 54 cars were registered. Volkswagen climbed to third place with 45 cars registered, while a year ago it was in eighth place with 56 cars, and in May 2022 only 5 cars were sold.
Mercedes-Benz is fourth with 33 vehicles against 60 in June 2021 and 37 in May 2022, while Scania closes the top five with 32 registrations against 50 units. and 13 units. respectively.
According to the association’s statistics, compared to last year’s June, their positions in the ranking of Fiat (6th place against second) with 20 cars worsened, Peugeot (11th place against third) with 11 registered cars. In June, Belarusian MAZ trucks were also registered – 19 units. against 12 units. in May of the current and 73 units. in June last year.
In total, according to Ukravtoprom, 3.2 thousand new trucks and special vehicles were registered in Ukraine in the first half of the year, which is almost 52% less than in January-June last year.
The associations also published the statistics of initial registrations of new buses (including minibuses) in June, according to which they decreased by 11 times by June last year and almost three times by May of this year – up to 32 units.
Toyota became the leader in this shrinking market with 10 cars – in June of the last and May of the current year, buses of this brand were not registered in Ukraine.
In second place is Hyundai with five buses (as in May), the same number of Turkish Otokars are registered.
Citroen, the leader of last year’s June, sold only three buses against 190 a year earlier and 16 in May this year. Next in the ranking are domestic brands with insignificant results: three buses “Ataman” against 60 a year earlier and two – Etalon, against 21 units.
As reported, the Ukrainian fleet of new trucks and special vehicles in 2021 was replenished with 15.9 thousand new vehicles, which is 37% more than in 2020, annual bus statistics were not made public.
