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Cars are being imported to Ukraine more often: where and how many are being imported

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Cars are being imported to Ukraine more often: where and how many are being imported

Since the beginning of 2024, Ukrainians have imported $1.1 billion worth of cars from abroad to Ukraine. Find out from which countries citizens most often bring vehicles and how much the state earned on this

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In the first quarter of 2024 alone, 86,000 cars worth about $1.1 billion were imported to Ukraine. Here's a look at the most common sources of imported vehicles and how much the budget received for them.


For comparison, in the first quarter of 2023, 52 thousand cars were imported to Ukraine (67% less than in the first quarter of 2024) with a declared value of over $705.8 million (61% less than in the first quarter of 2024) and UAH 7.4 billion was paid to the budget (49% less than in the first quarter of 2024).


At the same time, in 2024, the budget of Ukraine received UAH 11.1 billion from car imports. 


It is worth noting that only 23% of all passenger car imports are new. In total, 63,121 used cars were imported to Ukraine.




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Where do cars come from most often?


This year, the largest number of cars were imported from Germany - 17.1 thousand, the United States - 14.5 thousand, and China - 9.1 thousand. 


The top 5 includes cars from Japan - 8.9 thousand cars and South Korea - 4.4 thousand cars.


The top ten countries from which cars were imported to Ukraine the most are closing: Slovakia - 4.2 thousand cars, France - 4.1 thousand cars, Mexico - 4 thousand cars, the United Kingdom - 3.7 thousand cars, and the Czech Republic. 3.7 thousand cars.


In terms of prices, the largest imports of cars came from the US - $211.2 million (UAH 2 billion was paid to the state budget), Germany - $168.7 million (more than UAH 2.1 billion was paid to the state budget), and China - $138.2 million (UAH 182.3 million was paid to the state budget).


The top 5 countries in terms of the declared value of imported cars are Japan - $133.6 million (the budget received almost UAH 1.8 billion) and Slovakia - $81.7 million (the state budget received UAH 788.4 million).


We remind you! As we wrote earlier, as of the beginning of 2024, more than 210,000 vehicles were damaged or destroyed in Ukraine as a result of the war waged by russia. In this regard, the country wants to introduce compensation for car owners whose cars were damaged as a result of the war. We explain how the mechanism will work here.


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