Volume of passenger car imports to Ukraine decreased by 16% in first three months of 2026

The value of passenger car imports into Ukraine, including cargo-passenger vans and racing cars (UKT VED code 8703), in January-March 2026 amounted to $949.5 million, which is 16% lower than the same period in 2025 ($1.13 billion).

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in particular, in March, imports of passenger cars decreased by 12.5% ​​compared to March of last year, but compared to February of this year, they increased by 13.8% - to $359.6 million.

The top three largest suppliers of passenger cars to Ukraine in the first quarter were the United States, Germany, and Japan, while in the previous year these were the same countries, but Germany was the largest exporter, followed by the United States and Japan.

In particular, during this period, car deliveries from the USA decreased slightly (by 2.7%) to $177.2 million, from Germany they decreased by a third to $151.5 million, while from Japan they increased by 35.5% to $146.7 million.

From other countries, total imports of passenger cars for January-March amounted to $474.2 million, compared to $612.6 million last year.

At the same time, over the first three months of the year, Ukraine exported only $0.79 million worth of such vehicles, while last year, a total of $2.5 million worth of these vehicles were exported to the UAE (90.5%), the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

According to the State Customs Service, the share of passenger cars in the overall structure of goods imported into Ukraine in the first quarter of this year amounted to 4%, compared to 6.13% for the same period last year.