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Market of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine has doubled

In November, registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in Ukraine amounted to 1,031 units, which is twice as many as in the same month last year, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.

At the same time, registrations increased by 6% (or 54 units) compared to October this year.

Renault remains the market leader by a significant margin with 241 units. Peugeot took second place (compared to third in October) with 74 units. Ford is in third place (72 units), and Mercedes-Benz is fourth with 71 cars registered. MAN (67 units) rounds out the top five, having risen to second place in October this year.

In general, according to Ukravtoprom, in January-November 2023, more than 10.1 thousand new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles, which is 71% more than in the same period in 2022.

As reported, in 2022, according to Ukravtoprom, the market for new commercial vehicles decreased by 2.3 times by 2021 to 6.9 thousand units.

Metinvest hands over UAH 12 mln worth of vehicles and UAVs to border guards

Metinvest Mining and Metallurgical Group has handed over another batch of vehicles and UAVs worth about UAH 12 million to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine as part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative.

According to a press release on Friday, Metinvest handed over another batch of aid to support Ukraine’s border guards in their fight against the enemy.

It is specified that the next batch of aid to the military included ten Volkswagen vans and UAVs – five Valkyrie systems, each consisting of two aircraft, and five Mavic 3T quadcopters with a thermal imager.

“The Valkyrie is a complex that is now being heavily used by the State Border Guard Service units both during the day and at night to conduct reconnaissance and adjustments of units. Due to their technical characteristics, UAVs make it possible to operate in areas protected by enemy electronic means and to guide our artillery and assault units,” explained Dmitry Petrenko, a representative of the State Border Guard Service administration, as quoted by the press service.

As for the vehicles, Metinvest managed to find them in Germany. After the purchase, they underwent additional maintenance, all fluids and necessary spare parts were replaced.

“To date, we have handed over more than 50 four-wheel drive beads to the border guards, which are used to patrol large sections of the border. “This is also the fourth batch of Valkyries: in total, we have already handed over about 60 units. Each of these UAVs can cover 100 km, so we can say that border guards are using these “birds” to cover almost all of our borders. Metinvest’s Valkyries are also used in hot areas, such as Bakhmut,” said Oleksandr Vodovviz, Head of the Project Office of Metinvest CEO,

“In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, Metinvest has allocated UAH 4.2 billion to support Ukraine and Ukrainians. Of this amount, over UAH 2 billion has been spent to help soldiers as part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative. The company has donated 150,000 bulletproof vests, 25,000 helmets and helmets, 80,000 anti-tank hedgehogs, 31,500 turnstiles, 1,500 drones, 2,000 thermal imagers, 500 vehicles and 300 special mobile phones.

“Metinvest is a vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies. The Group’s enterprises are located primarily in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovs’k regions. The main shareholders of the holding are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%), which jointly manage it.

Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.

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Market for new commercial vehicles in Ukraine grew by 65%

In September, registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in Ukraine amounted to 1012 units, which is 65% more than in September last year, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.

Compared to August of this year, registrations increased by 6%, and the gap from the pre-war September 2021 figure is almost 29%.

Renault remains the market leader with 214 units, Scania is in second place with 106 cars, and Ford (98 units) moved up from fifth to third in August. Peugeot came in fourth with 79 vehicles registered, and Volkswagen rounded out the top five with 61 units.

In total, in January-September 2023, 8132 new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian truck and special vehicle fleet, which is 65% more than in the same period in 2022.

As reported, in the segment of large trucks, according to the information and analytical group AUTO-Consulting, in January-September this year, sales increased by 70% compared to the same period in 2022 – up to 3.5 thousand units, in particular, in September the increase was 72%. The Swedish Scania is a confident leader in the segment.

In 2022, according to Ukravtoprom, the market for new commercial vehicles decreased by 2.3 times compared to 2021, to 6.9 thousand units.

“VUSO will insure SBU vehicles

On August 12, the Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced its intention to conclude a contract with IC “VUSO” (Kiev) for compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles.

According to the data of the electronic public procurement system Prozorro, the company’s price offer amounted to UAH 508,238 thousand against the expected cost of purchasing services of UAH 1.369 million.

The tender was also attended by insurance companies “Salamandra”-522,5 thousand UAH, “Oranta”-690,2 thousand UAH, “Inter-Policy”-1,159 million UAH, “Arsenal Insurance”-1,226 million UAH.

IC “VUSO” was founded in 2001. The company holds 50 licenses: 34 – for voluntary and 16 – for compulsory types of insurance. It is represented in all regions of Ukraine. It is a member of the ITSBU and the FSA, a participant of the Agreement on direct settlement of losses and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.

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Market of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine decreased by 9% – Ukravtoprom

Registrations in Ukraine of new commercial vehicles (trucks and specialty vehicles) in July amounted to 975 units, which is almost 9% (or 93 units) less than in June this year, Ukravtoprom reported in its Telegram channel.

As reported, in June, the market showed a 12% increase over the previous month.

“The market of new trucks in July cooled down a bit,” the association states.

Compared to last year’s July, the specialty car market grew by 64%, and the lag from pre-war July-2021 in this segment of the car market is 43%.

The top 5 of the new commercial vehicles market last month were Renault – 276 units; Ford – 91 units; Mercedes-Benz – 76 units; Volkswagen – 66 units and Scania – 53 units.

In total, in January-July 2023, the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles was replenished with 6165 new vehicles, which is 62% more than in the same period of 2022.

As reported with reference to Ukravtoprom, in 2022 the market of new commercial vehicles decreased 2.3 times by 2021 – to 6.9 thousand units.

Market of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine continued to grow

Registrations in Ukraine in May of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special) amounted to 955 units, which is 2.6% more than in April this year and twice as much as in May 2022, “Ukravtoprom” informs in Telegram-channel.
“This is the best result in the last 15 months,” the report states.
At the same time, compared with the pre-war May 2021 registrations of commercial cars decreased by 11%.
Leadership remains Renault with 327 registered cars in May, the second place by a wide margin with Volkswagen (81 units), which in April was the fifth in the ranking, the third – with Mercedes-Benz (66 units), the same number of cars registered brand Citroen. Peugeot (52 cars) is in the end of TOP-5.
According to Ukravtoprom in January-May, Ukrainian park of trucks and special-purpose vehicles was added with 4122 new cars, which is 1.5 times more than during the same period last year.
As was reported with reference to Ukravtoprom, 6.9 thousand new cars will fill in the market of new commercial vehicles in 2022, which is 2.3 times less than in 2021.
At that, in May – 2022 there were 461 registered cars (57% less than in May – 2021), and the leaders were Renault (109 units), Citroen (91 units) and MAN (54 units).