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The Ukrainian plants produced 559 motor vehicles in June alone, which was 17% down from the figure reported in June 2018.
The output of motor vehicles in Ukraine declined by 24% in January-June 2019 (H1) year-over-year (y-o-y), to 2,949 units.
In total, 2,532 passenger cars were assembled over the period under review, which was 24% down y-o-y, the Ukrautoprom Association said on July 8.
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Twenty-one trucks were manufactured in H1, which was 81% down y-o-y, it said.
Production of buses in January-June 2019 grew by only one unit y-o-y, to 396 vehicles.
The Ukrainian plants produced 559 motor vehicles in June alone, which was 17% down from the figure reported in June 2018.
The output of passenger cars dropped by 15% in June alone y-o-y, to 504 units, the report said.
At the same time, all statistics on passenger cars were once again generated only due to semi-knocked-down [SKD] assembly at Eurocar's plant located in Zakarpattia region.
In June 2019, the manufacture of buses in Ukraine decreased by 29%, to 55 units.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the production of motor vehicles in Ukraine declined by 23% in 2018 from 2017, to 6,616 units, according to Ukrautoprom.
UNIAN memo. The largest manufacturers of cars and buses in Ukraine are UkrAVTO Corporation (Zaporizhia automobile building plant), Bogdan Corporation, Eurocar plant, and Etalon Corporation (Chernihiv and Boryspil automobile plants).