Registrations of new passenger cars in Ukraine in July this year decreased by 5% year-on-year to 5.3 thousand units, which is 45% higher than in July last year, Ukravtoprom said in its Telegram channel.
“From the indicator of pre-war July 2021 solvent demand for new passenger cars lags behind by 46%. Almost similar sales volume July market demonstrated in 2015”, – states the association.
The top three for the third month is unchanged: the first place is held by Toyota (883 units), in second place Renault (564 units), in third place – Volkswagen (525 units).
Skoda (493 units) and BMW (385 units) also made it to the top 5 of the month.
The title of the best-seller of the Ukrainian market of new passenger cars is retained by the compact crossover Renault Duster, which was chosen by 552 buyers in July.
According to “Ukravtoprom”, a total of 32.4 thousand new passenger cars were registered in Ukraine in January-July, which is 51% more than in the same period of 2022.
As reported, in 2022 Ukrainians registered 37.9 thousand new passenger cars – 63% less than a year earlier.
Primary new passenger cars in March this year increased by 21% compared to February this year – up to 4,511 units, said “Ukravtoprom” in Telegram-channel.
The Association says that the demand for passenger cars increased 8 times compared with March of the last year, but only because of the low comparison base (March 2022 was the first month of full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine – IF-U).
Toyota remains the leader of registrations – 648 units, second place again belongs to Renault with 438 cars (in February the brand was 5th), third place – to Volkswagen with registrations of 432 cars.
Fourth place went to BMW with 355 cars, and Skoda was at the bottom of the list in March with 346 cars.
Bestseller of the first month of spring in the Ukrainian market of new passenger cars was the crossover Renault Duster, which was chosen by 414 buyers.
At the same time more than a third of March market was formed by 10 popular models – Renault Duster is followed by Hyundai Tucson (171 units), then Mazda CX5 (171), Volkswagen ID.4 (149), Toyota RAV-4 (131), Toyota Camry (110), Suzuki Vitara (105), Volkswagen Touareg (101), DongFeng/Honda M-NV (100) and BMW X7 (99 units).
In total, 11.2 thousand new cars were registered in Ukraine in the first quarter, which is almost as much as in the past, states Ukravtoprom.
Imports of passenger cars to Ukraine in January-June of this year amounted to 304,083 thousand units. in the amount of almost $1.7 billion, Ukravtoprom reports with reference to the State Statistics Service.
According to a message in the Telegram channel on Friday, only 18.323 thousand cars (or 6%) of this number were new, while the remaining 285.76 thousand (94%) were used.
In turn, a year ago, Ukravtoprom published similar statistics on its website, according to which, in January-June 2021, 280.3 thousand passenger cars worth more than $2.1 billion were imported to Ukraine, including the share of new cars was 20 %.
Thus, if in the first half of 2022 the import of cars in physical terms increased by 8.5%, then in foreign currency it decreased by 19%, and the share of new cars decreased by 14 p.p.
According to Ukravtoprom, in the first half of this year, purchases of new cars cost importers $363.3 million, and the customs value of used cars exceeded $1.3 billion (a year earlier, approximately the same amount – $1.05 billion each – IF).
The main suppliers of new cars to Ukraine in January-June 2022 were China (6.61 thousand units), Japan (3.382 thousand), and Romania (1.476 thousand), and used ones were most often bought in Germany (118.758 thousand units). ), France (31.206 thousand) and Poland (20.716 thousand).
In the first half of last year, Japan was the leader in deliveries of new cars (11.2 thousand), followed by China (11 thousand) and Romania (5.8 thousand). Used cars were most often imported from Germany (46 thousand), the USA (40 thousand) and Poland (25 thousand).
Demand for new cars in July of this year increased by almost 26% compared to June, but decreased by 63% by July 2021 to 3,648 units, Ukravtoprom reports.
“The Ukrainian market for new cars continues to recover. A month after the abolition of exemptions for customs clearance of imports, the market grew by more than a quarter,” the association’s website says.
As reported, in June 2022, the initial registrations of new passenger cars increased by 14% compared to May.
According to the report, the most popular brand of the month, like a year ago, was Toyota with a drop in sales by 61% compared to July last year – to 596 cars.
The second result for Volkswagen is 316 units. (30% less), which a year earlier ranked 6th in the ranking with 452 cars.
The Chinese Chery broke into third place with 300 registrations, which is 27% less than a year earlier, but five steps higher in the ranking.
At the same time, Renault, which was second last year, took fourth place with an 80% drop in sales to 260 cars. Skoda closes the top five – 207 units. (-67%).
Chery Tiggo 4 became the bestseller of July, which was chosen by 239 buyers.
According to the association, in the first half of the year, 21.5 thousand new cars were registered in Ukraine for the first time – 63% less by January-June 2021.
The AUTO-Consulting information-analytical group published the statistics of sales of new passenger cars in July on its website, according to which almost 4,000 cars were sold in July, which is 28% more than in June, but 60% less than in July -2021.
Experts also note a breakthrough in the leaders of new players, in particular Chery.
“The Chinese brand took advantage of preferential customs clearance and managed to import a significant number of cars. And the most popular Chery Tiggo 4 car managed to bypass even Toyota RAV4,” AUTO-Consulting notes.
Analysts also record an increase in sales in the premium group – there are three players from this segment in the TOP July 10 at once: BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, which AUTO-Consulting has never recorded yet.
“The recovery in demand was a surprise for some operators who did not have time to rebuild the logistics of supplies, so some dealers were running out of cars. This is the reason for the drop in sales for certain brands, but overall sales have been growing for the fourth month, which gives reason for further optimism,” noted in the message.
As reported with reference to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the import of cars to Ukraine in July, the first month after the abolition of import benefits, decreased by almost 8 times compared to June, to 13,584 thousand units.
As reported, in 2021, the market for new passenger cars, according to Auto-Consulting, grew by 20% – to 103.65 thousand units, according to Ukravtoprom – by 21% to 103.3 thousand units.
On Monday, July 18, in the morning at the Krakovets checkpoint on the border with Poland, work began on the completion, in connection with which the passage of cars to leave Ukraine was temporarily suspended, the State Border Service of Ukraine reports.
“Today, July 18, at the Krakovets checkpoint, within the framework of the Open Border project, work began on the completion. In the passenger direction, a coating is being installed over the pavilions. From 8:00, the passage of cars to leave Ukraine has been temporarily suspended. buses to enter Ukraine, as well as trucks in both directions, continues,” the message said on Facebook.
Citizens planning trips to Poland are offered to choose another convenient checkpoint. Information about checkpoints and their workload can be found on the page Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Service of Ukraine – Western Border
Work at the Krakovets checkpoint will last up to 10 days.
“The work is being carried out to improve the comfort of citizens, because after the installation of the cover, people at the checkpoint will receive additional protection from heat and rain. Also, after completion, the movement of passenger buses through this checkpoint will be fully resumed,” the ministry added.
Primary registrations of new passenger cars in Ukraine in January-July this year increased by 28% compared to the same period in 2020, to 58,100 units, the Ukrautoprom association reports.
According to the information on its website, in particular registrations in July increased by 16% compared to July 2020, to 9,768 units.
The best result was again demonstrated by Japanese-based Toyota with an increase in registrations by 34%, up to 1,535, followed by French-based Renault, whose registrations decreased by almost 10%, to 1,301 units.
The third line of the rating with an 87% increase (up to 800 cars) was confidently taken by Kia, the fourth was Skoda with the registration of 618 cars (35% more), and the top five monthly leaders with a 5% increase in sales were closed by Hyundai with 465 units.
The ten most popular brands in July also included: Volkswagen with 452 units (more by 25%), Nissan – 439 units (more by 32%), Chery – 412 units (more by 91%), Mitsubishi – 411 units (more by 70%), Suzuki – 384 units (more by 9%).
The bestseller of the month was the compact crossover Toyota RAV4 with 659 registrations.
According to the information and analytical group AUTO-Consulting, published on its website, July sales have traditionally become peak since the beginning of the year and in fact the Ukrainian car market has set a post-crisis sales record – according to the group, sales increased by 10% from July 2020, to 9,800.
“We have not sold so much since February 2014,” the experts say.
According to them, the three leaders in July coincide with the data of Ukrautoprom, but Renault, which took the second position, added 33% in sales, to 1,317 units, and the leader of the rating, Toyota, increased sales by 19%, to 1,552units.
Kia sales in July increased by 9.16%, to 810 units, Skoda raised them by 3%, to 632 cars, Hyundai – by 4%, to 469 units.
