Import of passenger cars grew by 15% for 10 months

By the results of 10 months of 2018, the import of cars to Russia grew by 15% up to 241.6 thousand cars. According to the data of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia, in the reporting period, passenger cars worth $ 5 billion 864.5 million were imported into Russia. At the same time, 29.2 thousand cars worth $ 680.6 million were imported (+ 11.3% by September) in October.

In January-October, import of trucks decreased by 10.2% to 20.7 thousand vehicles with a total value of 1 billion 610.9 million dollars. Among them, 2.7 thousand trucks (+ 15.8% by September) worth 155.4 million dollars were delivered to our country in October.

For 10 months of 2018, the export of passenger cars from Russia grew by 6.5% and it was 75.2 thousand units for a total sum of $ 1 billion 033.1 million. At the same time, in October, 9.1 thousand vehicles (+ 4.1% by September) were sent to foreign markets for $ 119.9 million.

In January-October, the export of trucks grew by 3.8% and it was 11 thousand vehicles worth $ 262.2 million. In October, 1.4 thousand trucks were delivered abroad (+ 15.9% by September) for $ 35.1 million.