OREANDA-NEWS. The import of cars to Russia by the results of six months of 2017 fell by 8% up to 112.9 thousand cars. According to the Federal Customs Service (FTS) of Russia, in the reporting period, cars were imported to Russia for 3 million 11. 2 thousand dollars. At the same time 107.1 thousand cars were imported from non-CIS countries for 2 million 959.4 thousand dollars, from the CIS countries - 5.8 thousand cars worth 51.8 million dollars.

Imports of trucks grew by 38.6% to 11.5 thousand vehicles worth 850 million dollars in January-June. Among them, 9.4 thousand trucks for 415.5 million dollars were delivered from foreign countries, the rest 2.1 thousand cars for 434.5 million dollars - from the CIS countries.