In the past nine months, Ukrainians imported 14% more passenger cars compared to the previous year.

From January to September, Ukraine imported passenger cars worth $3.27 billion, which is a 14% increase compared to last year.

This is reported by the Ukravtoprom association, citing data from the State Statistics Service.

Specifically, during this period, Ukraine imported 239,000 passenger cars (both used and new). It is noted that this is a 9% increase compared to the same period in 2023.

“The largest supplier of passenger cars was Germany, which exported 47,500 vehicles to Ukraine,” the report states.

Moreover, the leading trio of exporting countries includes the USA and China.

The ten largest countries supplying passenger cars:

• Germany – 47,527 units;
• USA – 37,367;
• China – 28,653;
• Japan – 24,065;
• France – 12,565;
• South Korea – 12,497;
• Czech Republic – 10,501;
• Slovakia – 10,361;
• United Kingdom – 10,151;
• Mexico – 10,066.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the demand for new passenger cars among Ukrainians surged by a record 40% in August. Over 8,100 new passenger cars were registered in Ukraine last month.