Sales of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine up 11% in Oct 2021

In October 2021, 1.4 thousand new commercial vehicles were purchased and registered on the Ukrainian market, which is 11% higher compared with the relevant period last year, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Ukrautoprom).

It is noted that this is the best October result for the last eight years.

In particular, Citroen vehicles had the largest demand in October 2021. Ukrainians purchased 410 commercial vehicles of this brand, which is almost four times higher than in October 2020.

The second in terms of sales were Renault vehicles, with 155 commercial vehicles registered, which is 56% less than in October 2020.

Fiat ranked third, with 139 commercial vehicles purchased in October 2021, which is 3% more than in October 2020.

The Volkswagen brand took the fourth place (95 registrations; up 1.5 times) and in the fifth place was the MAZ brand (63 registrations; down 21%).

In total, in January-October 2021, 12.5 thousand new commercial vehicles were purchased in Ukraine, which is 39% more than in the first nine months of last year.

As reported, in October 2020, 1,250 thousand new commercial vehicles were purchased and registered on the Ukrainian market, which is 11% more than in October 2019.

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