Car imports grew by 5% in January - July

According to the results of 7 months of 2019, the import of cars to Russia grew by 5.4% to 171.2 thousand cars. According to the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia, cars worth $ 4 billion 542.9 million were imported into Russia during the reporting period.

At the same time, in July 27.5 thousand cars worth $ 724.1 million were imported (+ 1% compared to June). In January-July, import of trucks grew by 23.7% to 16.2 thousand vehicles with a total value of $ 1 billion 177.9 million. Among them, 2.5 thousand trucks (-12.1% by June) worth $ 147.6 million were delivered to our country in July.

The export of cars from Russia for 7 months of 2019 grew by 28% and reached 64.5 thousand units worth $ 917.4 million. At the same time, in July 10 thousand cars were sent to foreign markets (+ 1.4% in June) worth $ 154.2 million.

Exports of trucks grew by 2.8% in January-July and reached 7.3 thousand vehicles worth $188.7 million. About 1.1 thousand trucks (+ 14.8% by June) worth $ 33.5 million were delivered abroad in July.