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Pharmacy sales in Ukraine rose by 11% in monetary terms

Pharmacy sales in Ukraine for the January–March 2025 period rose by 11.13% in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2025—to more than 60.245 billion UAH, while in volume terms they decreased by 4.8%—to nearly 270,958 thousand packages, the company “Business Credit” reported to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine,” citing data from a study.

According to the data, the weighted average price of the pharmacy basket of goods for January–March 2026 was 222.34 UAH per package, which is 16.78% higher than during the same period a year earlier.

At the same time, pharmacy sales of medicines during this period increased by 13.9% in monetary terms—to more than 48.426 billion UAH—and by 4.85% in volume terms compared to the same period in 2025, reaching nearly 211.947 million packages.

The weighted average retail price of medicines for the first two months of 2026 was 228.49 UAH per package, which is 8.63% higher than in January–March 2025.

At the same time, pharmacy sales of dietary supplements in the first three months of 2026 increased by 14.5% in monetary terms—to nearly 7.03 billion UAH—while sales in volume terms decreased by 14.97%, to 22.378 million packages. The weighted average price in this segment rose by 34.7%—to 314.13 UAH per unit.

As reported, pharmacy sales in Ukraine for 2025 increased by 14.23% in monetary terms compared to 2024—to more than UAH 220.287 billion, while in volume terms they decreased by 2.25%—to nearly 1.135 million packages. The weighted average price of items in the pharmacy basket at the end of 2025 was 194.68 UAH per package, which is 16.86% higher than a year earlier.

At the same time, pharmacy sales of medicines during this period increased by 12.79% in monetary terms—to nearly UAH 170.318 billion—while in volume terms, they decreased by 0.2% compared to 2024, to 808.546 million packages.

The weighted average retail price of medicines at the end of 2025 was 210.65 UAH per package, which is 13% higher than at the end of 2024.

The pharmaceutical company “Farmak” remains the leader in retail sales in 2025 among domestic companies, with sales of nearly 10.978 billion UAH. The top 5 also included the pharmaceutical company “Darnitsa” (7.473 billion UAH), “Kyiv Vitamin Plant” (KVZ, nearly 6.842 billion UAH), ‘Arterium’ (5.975 billion UAH), and “Pharma Star/Acino” (2.9 billion UAH).

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New passenger car sales in Ukraine rose by 3% in April

Ukrainians purchased approximately 6,200 new passenger cars in April 2026, which is 3% more than in April 2025 and 5% more than in March of this year, according to a report by Ukravtoprom on its Telegram channel.

Toyota remains the most popular brand with 750 units sold, which is 7% more than in April 2025 but 17.4% less than sales in March 2025.

Renault took second place with a 19% increase in sales compared to April of last year and a 25.6% increase compared to March of this year, reaching 653 units.

Skoda took third place with an 18% drop in sales compared to April 2025 and a slight decline compared to March 2026, totaling 450 units.

The Chinese brand BYD (one of the sales leaders in the final months of 2025, which had dropped out of the top ten by early 2026) climbed to fourth place from tenth in March of this year—448 units (+53% compared to April of last year).

Next were BMW – 442 units (+45%), Volkswagen – 412 units (-23%), Hyundai – 337 units (+17%), Mazda – 244 units (+230%), Nissan – 216 units (-3%), and Suzuki – 188 units (-30%).

The best-selling model of the month was the Renault Duster compact crossover.

According to Ukravtoprom, over 21,500 new passenger cars were sold in the country from January to April, which is 7% more than last year.

Meanwhile, the information and analytical group AUTO-Consulting reports that the new passenger car market in April totaled 6,170 vehicles, which is 3.8% more than in March and 0.8% more than in April of last year.

“Thus, the Ukrainian auto market continues to move in positive territory and demonstrate positive trends. There is also active competition,” the group’s website states.

According to experts, the top three were also led by Toyota (799 units), Renault (604 units), and Skoda (450 units), followed by BMW (445 units) and BYD (433 units).

“BYD continues to surprise this season. In April, it was already No. 5 on the Ukrainian market again (growth of +123%), following a sharp drop in electric car sales. Nevertheless, BYD is recovering its sales volumes and is even establishing a dealer network across Ukraine,” the post states.

According to information on the website of “BB Cars” (Kyiv region), which was registered in November 2022 in the Bucha district, in March 2026, it announced the signing of an exclusive strategic cooperation agreement with the Chinese company Beijing North Huapeng Materials Sales Co. regarding the development of BYD vehicle distribution in Ukraine.

AUTO-Consulting also notes that another trend in April was a significant increase in Citroën sales (11th place compared to 18th in March and a 50% increase)

At the same time, among the negative results, they note that Mercedes-Benz lost significant ground in April (-22.5% compared to March 2026, down to 117 units).

“But there are objective reasons for this, as one of the Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Kyiv was hit by rocket fire in April, resulting in many cars being burned. Therefore, unfortunately, Mercedes-Benz found itself in a difficult situation,” the post notes.

As reported, according to AUTO-Consulting, Ukrainians purchased 83,443 new passenger cars in 2025, which is 17% more than the previous year, and according to “Ukravtoprom,” the market also grew by 17%—to 81,300 units.

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Sales of new trucks in Ukraine fell by 5% in 2025

In 2025, almost 12,300 new vehicles were added to Ukraine’s fleet of new trucks and special-purpose vehicles, which is 5% less than in 2024, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.

Renault retained its market leadership, although its sales fell by 49% compared to 2024, to 1,662 units. Citroen also retained second place with 1,335 units (+11%), while MAN came in third, as in 2024, with 1,083 units (+9%).

Next in the ranking were Peugeot with 1,043 units (+70%), which ranked seventh in 2024, and Fiat with 808 units (+73%), which was not among the top ten most popular brands last year.

Sixth place, as in 2024, went to Mercedes-Benz with 749 units (+20%); seventh place went to Ford with 687 units (-19%).

Rounding out the top ten most popular commercial vehicles are Toyota with 677 units (+111%); Iveco with 616 units (+13%); and Opel with 590 units (+56%).

According to the association, 1,439 vehicles were sold in this market in the last month of 2025, which is 46% more than in the previous month and 6% more than in December 2024.

At the same time, the AUTO-Consulting information and analytical group, analyzing the segment of trucks with a gross weight of more than 3.5 tons, notes that last year it decreased by 17%, and MAN retained its leadership with a 24% increase in sales, preferred by 23% of consumers.

“During the year, Iveco, Volvo, and Renault Trucks took the lead in certain months. However, at the end of the year, they still failed to come close to MAN’s performance,” experts stated in a report on the group’s website.

Iveco ranks second in this segment, followed by Volvo in third place.

As reported, according to Ukravtoprom, registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in 2024 increased by 14% compared to 2023, to 12,900 units.

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Bus sales in Ukraine will grow to 950 units in 2025

Sales of new buses in Ukraine in 2025 will grow by 13-15% compared to 2024 – to 940-950 units, according to Vadym Shkarupin, director of the Etalon Auto trading house.

“Although the year is not over yet, and we, like other companies, are still working, according to open data (excluding closed purchases), about 940-950 buses will be sold, compared to 831 buses last year,” he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.

According to his data, Ataman buses manufactured by the Cherkasy Bus plant are in first place in sales this year with 370 units (market share of 39%), followed by ZAZ buses from the Zaporizhzhia Automobile Plant (UKRAVTO Group) with 240 units (24%), and third place goes to Etalon buses manufactured by the Chernihiv Automobile Plant, with 130 units (14%).

Next in the ranking are Bogdan buses (manufactured by BAS Motor in Lutsk) with 100 units (11%), and fifth place is taken by imported Isuzu buses (50 units or 6% of the market).

Another 50 buses are from other manufacturers: Turkish Temsa, Otocar, and two Elektron buses.

The largest number of buses sold were in the small class – 720 units (77%), 160 units (17%) were sold in the medium class, and 60 units (6.5%) in the large class.

Almost all buses sold were diesel-powered, with two electric buses sold.

“In terms of structure, 88-90% of sales were made using budget funds: for example, of the 940 buses sold, 720 were school buses. No more than 12% were sold to retailers, but this cannot even be called retail, because these were purchases made by companies for their own needs, to transport personnel. We had orders from Ukrnafta, from the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, and other manufacturers are also working in this direction. Meanwhile, retail is at a standstill today, there are no purchases,” Shkarupin said.

At the same time, he noted that Ukrainian companies have work thanks to the School Bus program.

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Sales of new trucks in Ukraine fell by 10%

Sales of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in Ukraine in November 2025 decreased by 10% compared to the same month in 2024, to 982 units, which is also 18% less than in October 2025, according to UkrAvtoprom on its Telegram channel.

The leader in this market in November was MAN with sales of 118 vehicles, which ranked fourth in November last year and October this year (89 and 90 units, respectively), followed by last year’s leader Renault with 117 units. (233 units last year), and FIAT came in third with 88 units, which ranked 11th last November with 42 vehicles.

Next in the ranking are Citroen with 85 units (in November 2024, it was in second place with 143 cars) and Mercedes-Benz with 79 units (last year, it had 100 cars and was in third place).

According to UkrAvtoprom, a total of 10,835 new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special-purpose vehicles in January-November, which is 6% less than in the same period last year.

As reported, in 2024, according to UkrAvtoprom, 12,900 new commercial vehicles were registered in Ukraine, which is 14% more than in 2023.

 

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Sales of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine rose by 11% in October, according to UkrAvtoprom

Sales of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special-purpose vehicles) in Ukraine in October 2025 increased by 11% compared to the same month in 2024, reaching 1,203 units, which is also 8% more than in September 2025, according to UkrAvtoprom’s Telegram channel.

As in the previous year, Peugeot was the market leader in October with 115 units sold, compared to 246 units sold in October 2024.
Peugeot took second place with 121 cars. Last October, the brand was eighth in the ranking with 60 cars.

Citroen took third place in the ranking with 95 units, which is 16 cars less than in October 2024, when the brand was second in the ranking. MAN came in fourth with sales of 90 cars, which is 14 units more than in October last year.

Volvo also made it into the top five most popular new special-purpose vehicles with 84 units, which was 13th in October last year with sales of 17 vehicles.
According to UkrAvtoprom, a total of 9,853 new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special-purpose vehicles in January-October, which is 5.5% less than in the same period last year.

As reported, in 2024, according to UkrAvtoprom, 12,900 new commercial vehicles were registered in Ukraine, which is 14% more than in 2023.

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