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Passenger car imports to Ukraine rose by 21% in July, reaching $608 mln

16 August , 2025  

The volume of passenger car imports to Ukraine, including cargo-passenger vans and racing cars (UKT ZED code 8703), increased by 21.1% in July this year compared to June 2025, to $608.443 million.

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, China ($147.87 million) became the leader among the three largest suppliers of cars to Ukraine last month, while in June it was not among the top three.

The United States ranked second, with imports from this country increasing by 30% to $106.82 million, and Germany ranked third, with imports of passenger cars increasing slightly to $87.14 million.
Japan did not make it into the top three last month, with imports worth $62.53 million in June.

At the same time, in January-July of this year, passenger cars worth more than $3.16 billion were imported into Ukraine, with Germany ($561.47 million), the US ($525.16 million), and China ($407.67 million) being the largest suppliers.

Imports of passenger cars from other countries during the same period amounted to $1.67 billion.
At the same time, in January-July, Ukraine exported only $4.54 million worth of such vehicles, in particular to the UAE (29.3%), the Czech Republic (15.7%), and Poland (11%).

According to the State Customs Service, passenger cars accounted for 6.89% of total imports to Ukraine in January-July and 0.02% of exports.
As reported, in 2024, passenger cars worth $4.385 billion were imported into Ukraine, 8% more than a year earlier, and $10.1 million worth were exported (2.7 times less).

The top three countries from which the most cars were imported last year were the United States ($817.9 million, an increase of 13.2% compared to 2023), Germany ($682.16 million, an increase of 5.8%), and Japan ($495.71 million, a decrease of 12%).

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