Initial registrations of new buses (including minibuses) in Ukraine in April 2014 decreased by 25.3%, or 21 units, compared to April last year, to 62 units, according to statistics released by Ukravtoprom. According to the association’s website, the demand for new buses decreased by 20.5%, or 16 vehicles, compared to March 2014.
Ukrainian ZAZ buses manufactured by the Zaporizhzhia Automobile Plant of UkrAVTO Corporation became the leaders of the April market, displacing the traditional leader, Ataman buses manufactured by Cherkasy Bus, to the second position. In April, 17 ZAZ buses were registered, compared to two in April 2023 and one in March this year.
Ataman ended April with 15 buses registered, which is 2.5 times less than a year earlier and 6 units less than in March 2014.
Etalon buses took third place in the ranking, with 10 registrations compared to 9 in April last year and 20 in March this year.
Ford also comes next with 10 buses registered, which is twice as many as in April 2023, but almost half as many as in March this year, and Turkish Otocar (5 vehicles versus one in April 2023).
Mercedes-Benz, Citroen, Ruta, Renault, and Zhongtong registered one new bus each.
Thus, in January-April 2024, the first registrations of buses in Ukraine decreased by 27.2% compared to the same period in 2023 – to 367 units.
As reported, according to Ukravtoprom statistics, in April 2023, registrations of new buses in Ukraine more than doubled compared to April 2022, to 83 units, with Ataman, Volkswagen, Citroen, Etalon and Ford forming the top five.
In 2023, the total initial registrations of new buses of all classes in Ukraine amounted to 1701 units, which is 86% more than a year earlier.
