Imports of trucks to Ukraine in January-March 2025 decreased by 1.3% in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2024, to $215.15 million, according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published data of the State Customs Service, in particular, in March, imports of these vehicles decreased by almost 13% compared to March 2024 – to $69.62 million.
As reported, in January of this year, truck imports decreased by 6% compared to January-2024, and in February, an increase of 21% was recorded compared to February last year.
Most trucks were imported in the first quarter from the United States – $50.06 million (23.3% of imports), Poland – $47.25 million (22.15%) and France – $35.27 million (16.4%).
A year ago, the top three truck-supplying countries were Poland (23.2% of total truck imports or $50.6 million), China (10.7% or $23.4 million) and France (10.3% or $22.4 million).
Imports from all other countries decreased by 32.4% to $82.2 million in January-March.
At the same time, according to statistics, Ukraine exported only $2.5 million worth of trucks in three months, mostly to Romania (59.4% of truck exports), Turkey (38%), and Moldova (2%), while a year earlier there were insignificant exports ($0.5 million).
As reported, in 2024, imports of trucks to Ukraine in monetary terms increased by 30% compared to 2023 – up to $947.84 million, most of them were imported from Poland (almost 20%).
In March 2025, registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in Ukraine decreased by 6% compared to the same month in 2024, to 996 units, UkrAvtoprom reports in its telegram channel.
At the same time, the demand for such cars increased by 18% compared to February 2025.
According to the report, the leader of the month was the MAN brand with 170 units registered, while in March 2024 it was the second in the ranking, and in February 2025 – the third (78 units and 84 units, respectively), Renault fell to second place with 134 units (in March 2024 – 370 units), and Iveco was third with 88 units, which a year earlier ranked 13th with 24 cars.
The top five also included Ford – 83 units (in March-2024 – 36 units) and Peugeot – 68 units (64 units).
In total, in January-March 2025, the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles was replenished with 2,813 thousand new vehicles, which is 2% less than in the same period in 2024.
As reported, in March 2014, the market for new commercial vehicles increased by 31.2% compared to February 2013, to 1,056 units.
In 2024, according to UkrAvtoprom, 12.9 thousand new commercial vehicles were registered in Ukraine, up 14% year-on-year.
Poland has suspended entry and exit permits for Ukrainian trucks that do not have international freight transportation permits.
This was reported by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Telegram on Monday.
Associations uniting motor carriers of Lithuania and seven other European Union (EU) countries are calling for the problem of queues of trucks at the Ukraine-EU border to be solved, the Lithuanian national association of motor carriers Linava has said.
The association estimates that at present there is a queue of over 40 kilometers on the Ukrainian side at one of the border crossings between Romania and Ukraine, over 25 kilometers – on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, and about 15 kilometers – on the Ukrainian-Slovak border.
Linava, together with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and its members, has approached the European Commission (EC) with a proposal to introduce priority border crossing lines for International Road Transport (TIR), which would increase the number of trucks crossing the border into Ukraine by 2 to 3 times.
According to Linava Secretary General Zenon Buivydas, waiting for trucks at the Ukrainian border can take up to several days, which, he says, creates a number of problems for trucking firms and truckers alike.
The appeal to the EC and its President was signed by IRU President Radu Dinescu and Secretary General Umberto de Pretto, as well as Buividas and representatives of carriers from Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, Slovakia, Latvia, Hungary, Turkey, Romania and Poland.
The German truck and bus manufacturer MAN was forced to send about 11,000 employees on unpaid leave due to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
The Volkswagen Group-owned company said on Wednesday that its facilities in Munich and Krakow, Poland, have been halted since March 14 due to the cessation of supplies of electrical wires produced at Ukrainian factories. At three other MAN sites, production volumes have been reduced, including at the engine plant in Nuremberg.
“Suppliers of electrical wiring for trucks cannot produce it at Ukrainian enterprises or can produce it in very limited quantities,” MAN said in a statement. “As a result, we could lose production for several weeks, which will sharply reduce output figures in the second quarter.”
The company said it has already started looking for additional sources of truck wiring harnesses in other countries.
“However, this will take several months,” said Alexander Vlaskamp, chief executive officer of MAN.
The company notes that its employees will be transferred to a reduced working hours scheme, in which MAN compensates them for 80% of lost income from both its own and state funds.
The problems of Ukrainian suppliers previously led to disruptions in the work of Volkswagen and BMW enterprises.
Most of the Ukrainian enterprises for the production of electrical wiring, located in the western part of the country, have resumed work, the Financial Times newspaper writes, citing representatives of several enterprises.
Thus, the German Leoni, which owns two factories in the west of Ukraine, has already reported that both of its enterprises have returned to work.
Other companies, including Aptiv and Kromberg & Schubert, have resumed production, FT sources say.
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The requirement for mandatory observation does not apply to drivers and maintenance personnel of freight vehicles, if there is no reason to believe that they had contact persons infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“The requirement for compulsory observation does not apply to drivers and maintenance personnel of freight vehicles, crew members of aircraft, sea, river vessels, members of train and locomotive crews, if there is no reason to believe that they were in contact with a person with COVID-19 infection,” Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, the Ministry of Infrastructure said that, in accordance with the amendments to Ukrainian Chief State Sanitary Doctor’s resolution No. 2 dated March 21, 2020 on preventing the further cases of COVID-19 infection in Ukraine approved by the Health Ministry on March 24, 2020, drivers and maintenance personnel of freight vehicles, crew members of aircraft, sea and river vessels, as well as members of train and locomotive crews crossing the state border, do not sign informed consent to self-isolation.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introduced a nationwide emergency situation regime for 30 days until April 24, 2020.
