Ukraine almost doubles vehicle production in February 2018

In February 2018, Ukrainian plants manufactured 721 motor vehicles, which is almost twice the amount produced in February 2017.

This data has been provided by the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, UkrAutoProm.

The most share of motor vehicle production was made up by cars, which totaled 606 units (all manufactured by ZAO Eurocar: + 134% against February 2017 and + 26.5% against January 2018).

In February 2018, 35 trucks were manufactured, which is 30% less than in February 2017, but 9.4% more than in January 2018.

Also, 80 buses were produced (which is 50.9% higher than in February 2017 and 35.6% higher than in January 2017).

In general, 1,291 vehicles were manufactured in January-February 2018, which is 70.8% higher year-over-year. In particular, these vehicles included 1,085 cars (+94.1% against the same period last year), 67 commercial vehicles (-38.5%), and 139 buses (+58%).

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