Data on imports of durable goods for March 2022

Import of vehicles

• In March 2022, imports amounted to 17,517 vehicles (private) compared to 21,183 in March 2021, a decrease of 17.3%. Commercial vehicle imports amounted to 1,527 vehicles compared to 792 in March 2021, an increase of 92.9%. The decline in passenger vehicle imports is partly explained by relatively moderate imports of vehicles in March 2022 due to the global shortage of vehicle supply as a result of a continuing shortage of car chip production, and as a result of the crisis in Ukraine that hit the supply chain For shortage of raw materials.
• In January-March 2022, imports of passenger vehicles amounted to 62,589, compared with 54,418 in the corresponding period last year, an increase of 15.0%. Imports of commercial vehicles increased by 35.2% during this period and reached a volume of 4,348. The increase in passenger vehicle imports is due to the advance of imports to December 2020, on the eve of updating the green taxation formula and a change in hybrid vehicle taxation, at the expense of the first quarter of 2021.
• Trend data indicate a decline in imports of passenger vehicles starting in August 2021.

Electrical and electronic products

• In March 2022, compared to March 2021, there was a decrease in imports of white appliances. Refrigerators, washing machines, dryers and dishwashers decreased by 24.9%, 22.9%, 28.2% and 16.4% respectively.
• Cumulatively, in the first quarter of 2021, imports of white appliances decreased, compared with the same period last year. Imports of refrigerators, washing machines, dryers and dishwashers decreased by 7.4%, 3.3%, 9.7% and 19.9% ​​respectively.
• Imports of televisions decreased moderately by 3.8% in March 2022 compared to March 2021. In total, there was an increase of 9.5%.
• In March 2022, there was a decrease in the import of cigarettes of 11.9%, which is probably due to an increase in purchases from abroad. In the purchase tax revenue on the import of cigarettes, there was a decrease of a similar rate of 12.0%.
• The value of imports of other tobacco, including smoking tobacco, hookah tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigars and heating tobacco units, also decreased in March 2022 by 5.7% compared to March 2021. As mentioned, part of the decrease is explained by a return to purchases abroad. Purchase tax revenues on other tobacco decreased by 11.0%.
• The total value of total imports in March 2022 amounted to approximately $ 9.0 billion, an increase of 27.4% compared to the value of imports in March 2021.
• Trend data indicate an increase in the value of imports starting in July 2020.
• Data from February 2022 show that there was an increase in the marketing quantities of gasoline and diesel by 14.2% and 19.0%, respectively. The increase is due in part to a reduction in the economy’s activity in February 2021, following traffic restrictions against the background of the corona virus and a change in legislation on taxation of taxes.