Ukraine sees 53% rise in sales of new commercial cars in seven months of 2017

Sales of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine in January-July 2017 rose by 53% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 6,258 cars, according to the Ukrautoprom association's press service.

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Some 1,132 new commercial cars were sold in July 2017 alone, which was 68% up year-over-year, the association said.

Renault with 179 cars sold last month remains to be the most popular brand in Ukraine, having demonstrated a 28% increase y-o-y.

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Russian-based Gorky Automobile Plant's GAZ was third with 124 sold cars in July 2017.

As UNIAN reported earlier, sales of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine in 2016 rose by 62% from 2015, to 8,354 cars, according to Ukrautoprom.

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