During the first three months of this year, importers spent $416.9 million on the import of 28.9 thousand passenger cars. Compared to the same period last year, the volume of passenger car imports increased by 80%, and currency costs for its financing increased by $145.7 million. At the same time, the average customs value of each imported car decreased by more than $2 thousand compared to last year's level, reaching $14.4 thousand.
The drop in the average value of imported foreign cars is explained by a noticeable shift in the proportion between new and used cars.
In particular, compared to the first quarter of last year, the share of used cars in the structure of passenger car imports increased significantly. If in 2016 they accounted for only 27% of the total import volume, this year this figure reached 42%.
Most often during the specified period, foreign cars were imported into our country from Germany — 7,141 units. Over three months, German suppliers earned $101.2 million from sales to Ukraine. However, only 27 percent of the cars from Germany were new.
Japan, which sent 3,208 passenger cars with a total customs value of $74.3 million to Ukraine, took second place among suppliers. At the same time, the vast majority of Japanese imports — 92% — were new cars. Thanks to this, following the results of the first quarter, the country became the leader in the supply of new passenger cars with a result of 2,937 units, while Germany with an indicator of 1,927 new cars was only second.
