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355,600 used imported cars were registered in Ukraine in January-September 2021, which is 47% more than in the same period of 2020.
First time registrations of used imported cars jumped 47% through September, compared to the first nine months of last year, reports UkrAvtoProm. To date, 355,600 used imports have been registered. Thanks for lower import duties and simplified paperwork, used cars now account for 85% of all car imports.
There is a queue in car dealerships until summer 2022 With new cars are no longer imported to Ukraine due to the shortage of chips, the auto industry will lose nearly $300mn in 2021. As reported on the 2 + 2 channel, there are queues at car dealerships until next summer. The production of electrical circuits was influenced by the pandemic. During the quarantine, some factories had a reduction in production, reported unian.
Ukraine’s booming car sales will come to a screeching halt on the worldwide shortage of new cars, due to the lack of computer chips, predicts 2+2 TV in its Groshi, or Money, program. “There are waiting lists in car dealerships through next summer - there are simply no cars available,” reports Groshi. Sales of new cars fell 16% in October, compared to September, Ukravtoprom reports. Despite this one month drop, sales from January to October were up 23% yoy, to 84,000 – almost the number for all of last year. During the first half of this year, sales of imported used cars were up 40% yoy, to 195,500 cars.
In September 2021, Ukrainians purchased a record number of new electric cars according to ukrautoprom. 145 new and 748 used cars with battery power supplies received their first registration numbers in Ukraine. In September, a record was set for the number of new electric cars that were registered in one month. Compared to last year, the September demand for new electric cars increased two and a half times, and for cars with mileage by 18%.
Registrations in Ukraine of new and used electric vehicles in
January-September 2021 increased by 7.8% compared to the same
period in 2020, to 5,854 vehicles, including 12.8% of registrations accounted
for new ones, the Federation of the Automotive Industry of Ukraine has said.
According to a message on the federation’s website citing data from the
Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the third quarter, the number of registrations
(primary ones plus cars imported from abroad with customs certificates or
declarations) increased by 21.7% compared to the first quarter of this year and
by 11.7% compared to the third quarter of last year, up to 2,303 vehicles. “The
third quarter turned out to be the most successful in the entire electromobility
history of Ukraine,” the federation says.
9.1.3 Transport sector news
● Planes
Wizz Air will resume flights on the routes Kyiv-Katowice (Poland), Kyiv-Naples (Italy), and Odesa-Abu Dhabi (the UAE) starting in October. Flights from Kyiv to Katowice will be launched from October 8. Flights from
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