According to the RF Federal Customs Service’s statistics, Russia’s car export in H1 2019 was up 26.5% year-on-year to 54.5 thousand units. Truck export increased by 1.6% up to 6.2 thousand units.
In terms of value, car export was up 27.5% year-on-year amounting to $762.4 mn. Truck export increased 22.2% to make $155.6 mn.
In June, car export grew by 12.5% year-on-year but declined by 10.8% month-on-month amounting to 9.9 thousand units worth $148.1 mn, up 22.2% year-on-year and down 3.4% month-on-month.
Truck export in June was down 9.1% both year-on-year and month-on-month to 1 thousand units worth $27.3 mn, up 21.3% year-on-year and 17.2% month-on-month.
Car import during January-June 2019 amounted to 143.7 thousand units, up 3.9% year-on-year. Truck import increased by 40.6% year-on-year up to 9 thousand units.
In terms of value, car import during H1 2019 increased by 4.6% year-on-year up to $2.5 bn. Truck import during the first three months of 2019 grew by 31.4% up to $698.3 mn.
In June, car import was up 20.9% year-on-year and 1.5% month-on-month amounting to 27.2 units worth $658.4 mn, up 30.7% year-on-year but down 6.5% month-on-month.
Truck import in June made some 2.8 thousand units, up 33.3% year-on-year and 55.6% month-on-month. In trems of value, truck import increased by 3.4% year-on-year and 58.1% month-on-month up to $200.9 mn.