Import of passenger cars fell by 8% in the first quarter

The import of cars to Russia fell by 8% up to 61.5 thousand cars for the first three months of 2019. According to the data of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia, during the reporting period, passenger cars worth $ 1, 693.4 million were imported into Russia. At the same time, in March 29.3 thousand cars worth $ 826.3 million were imported (+ 43.7% against February). In January-March, import of trucks grew by 23.4% to 6 thousand vehicles with a total value of $ 489.9 million. Among them, 2.7 thousand trucks (+ 47.2% by February) worth $193.3 million were delivered to our country in March. For the first three months of 2019, exports of cars from Russia grew by 43.3% and amounted to 22.7 thousand units for $ 307 million totally. At the same time, in March, 9.2 thousand cars (+ 25.6% against February) were sent to foreign markets for $132.5 million. Exports of trucks in January-March fell by 6.6% and amounted to 2.7 thousand vehicles worth $ 70.7 million. In March, 1.1 thousand trucks worth $ 31.5 million were delivered abroad (-6.5% against February).