Gasoline-powered passenger cars accounted for over 14.6 billion hryvnia in customs revenue for the state budget from passenger car imports, which totaled 32.1 billion hryvnia, the State Customs Service reported on its website.
At the same time, diesel cars generated 8.4 billion UAH in revenue, hybrids—7.1 billion UAH, and electric cars—2 billion UAH.
The State Customs Service notes that, overall, from January through June, Ukrainians imported over 169,000 passenger cars with a total value of nearly 96.6 billion hryvnias, 70% of which were used cars, generating 17.7 billion hryvnias in customs duties for the state budget, while new cars accounted for 14.4 billion UAH.
Gasoline-powered cars, which remain the most popular, accounted for 54.5% of total imports. In second place were diesel cars (20.3%), which not only significantly outpaced electric cars (13%) but also surpassed hybrids (12.1%).
Hybrids were the most expensive among imported cars, with an average price of nearly $27,000 per vehicle; diesel cars averaged $16,000; electric cars, over $10,000; and gasoline-powered cars, $9,000.
According to the State Customs Service, cars have been imported from more than 50 countries since the beginning of 2026, but the undisputed leaders are: the United States—73,200 (43% of the total number of imports); Germany—17,300 (10%); and Poland—14,600 (9%).
In total, nearly 105,100 cars were imported from these countries, accounting for 62% of the total.
As previously reported, according to the State Customs Service, the volume of passenger car imports into Ukraine—including cargo-passenger vans and race cars (UKT ZED code 8703)— amounted to $2.18 billion in January–June 2026, which is 14.6% less than the figure for the first half of 2025 ($2.554 billion).
Imports of electric generator sets and rotating electrical converters to Ukraine in January–May 2026 fell by 33.3% compared to the same period in 2025—to $421.7 million, according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the data, imports of this equipment in May 2026 fell by 46% compared to May 2025, but increased slightly compared to April 2026, reaching $62.4 million.
Most frequently in January–May, electric generators and converters were imported from the Czech Republic (19.9% of total imports of these products, or $83.9 million), China (19.7%, $82.9 million), and Turkey (16.5%, $69.5 million), whereas last year the top sources were the Czech Republic ($120 million), Austria ($88.6 million), and the United States ($78.83 million).
Exports of electric generators from Ukraine during this period were insignificant—$2.3 million, mainly to Latvia.
At the same time, according to data from the State Customs Service, imports of electric motors and generators increased more than 2.4-fold over the first five months of this year—to $486.6 million; specifically, $120.1 million worth were imported in May—2.4 times more than in May 2025.
As in the previous year, China remains the main supplier of this equipment (accounting for 93% of imports from January to May).
In addition, imports of electric batteries and separators to Ukraine during this period increased 3.8-fold—to $1.47 billion, with the majority coming from China ($1.31 billion, or 89.3%), as well as from the Czech Republic ($35.3 million) and Latvia ($17.4 million).
Last year, in January–May, the largest suppliers were China with a 75.9% share ($290.6 million), Taiwan with 5.8% ($22 million), and Vietnam with 4.3% ($16.5 million).
In May, imports of this equipment increased 3.5-fold compared to May 2025 and by 9.7% compared to April 2026, reaching $333 million.
Over the first five months, Ukraine exported $18.1 million worth of batteries, primarily to Poland, France, and Germany, while last year exports totaled $20.7 million, mostly to the same countries.
As reported, at the end of July 2024, Ukraine exempted the import of electric generator equipment and batteries into the country from customs duties and VAT.
According to the State Customs Service, in 2025 Ukraine increased imports of electric generators and converters by 2.3 times compared to 2024—to $1.69 billion—and batteries by 55% to $1.48 billion. At the same time, in January 2025, imports of electric generators increased eightfold compared to January 2024, and imports of batteries tripled.
BATTERIES, electric generators, IMPORTS, STATE CUSTOMS SERVICE
The volume of passenger car imports into Ukraine, including cargo-passenger vans and racing cars (HS code 8703), amounted to $1.71 billion in January–May 2026, which is 16.6% less than the figure for the same period in 2025 ($2.05 billion).
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, specifically in May, passenger car imports fell by 23.6% compared to May of last year, while compared to April 2026, they rose by 11.2% to $400.4 million.
The top three suppliers of passenger cars to Ukraine over the five-month period were the United States, Germany, and Japan, while in the previous year these were the same countries, but Germany was the largest exporter, followed by the United States and Japan. Specifically, car imports from the U.S. fell by 5.6% to $317.4 million, from Germany by nearly 30% to $272.6 million, while from Japan they rose by 7.3% to $246.9 million.
Imports of passenger cars from other countries during this period totaled $874.6 million—20.3% less than last year’s figure.
At the same time, over five months, Ukraine exported such vehicles worth only $0.99 million, whereas last year, total shipments to the UAE, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia amounted to $2.69 million.
As reported, in 2025, passenger cars worth nearly $6.15 billion were imported into Ukraine, which is 40.2% more than in 2024. The top three exporters were the United States, Germany, and China. Cars worth $10.1 million were exported (2.7 times less).
The significant increase in passenger car imports to Ukraine in the final months of 2025 was driven by news that VAT exemptions on electric vehicle imports would be abolished as of January 1, 2026, while imports had declined significantly since the start of the current year. However, starting in March, a slow but gradual recovery of the passenger car market began, including the market for electric vehicles.
CAR MARKET, IMPORTS, PASSENGER CARS, STATE CUSTOMS SERVICE, UKRAINE
Imports of goods to Ukraine in January-February 2026 amounted to $14.8 billion in monetary terms, while in the same period last year they amounted to $11.3 billion, which is 31% less, according to data from the press service of the State Customs Service of Ukraine (SCS).
According to a publication on the agency’s Telegram channel, in the first two months of 2026, goods worth $6.5 billion were exported from Ukraine, which is almost unchanged compared to the same period in 2025 ($6.3 billion).
“At the same time, taxable imports amounted to $5.2 billion, which is 78% of the total volume of imported goods. The tax burden per 1 kg of taxable imports in January-February 2026 was $0.54/kg,” the report says.
The largest imports to Ukraine came from China ($4 billion), Poland ($1.4 billion), and Turkey ($1.1 billion).
The largest exports from Ukraine went to Poland ($713 million), Turkey ($563 million), and Italy ($428 million).
Of the total volume of goods imported in January-February 2026, 71% of the categories were machinery, equipment, and transport – $6 billion (with customs clearance, 32.9 billion UAH, or 26% of customs payments, was paid to the budget), fuel and energy products – $2.6 billion (49.7 billion hryvnia, or 39% of customs payments, paid to the budget), chemical industry products – $2 million (15.9 billion hryvnia, or 12% of revenues, paid).
The top three most exported goods from Ukraine were food products – $4 billion, metals and metal products – $589 million, and machinery, equipment, and transport – $532 million.
“In January-February 2026, during customs clearance of exports of goods subject to export duties, UAH 318.5 million was paid to the budget,” the State Customs Service summarized.
To support exports of Ukrainian goods, the State Customs Service issued 1.5 million EUR.1 certificates for transportation starting January 1, 2016, with exporters of agricultural products being the main recipients, according to the agency’s press service.
The State Customs Service reminded that the presence of a EUR.1 transport certificate exempts Ukrainian goods from import duties when imported into the EU, EFTA, Montenegro, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Georgia, and Israel.
According to its data, during 2025, Ukrainian producers received EUR.1 certificates mainly for the export of goods of plant origin, sunflower oil, white sugar, chicken meat, and natural honey.
The largest number of such certificates was issued for the supply of products to Poland (24%), Germany (18%), Romania (8%), Italy (5%), and the Czech Republic (5%).
The State Customs Service of Ukraine has announced a tender for the purchase of compulsory motor third-party liability insurance services.
According to a notice in the Prozorro electronic public procurement system, the expected cost of the services is UAH 90,589 thousand. Documents will be accepted until August 19.
