KIEV, July 3 – The growth in sales of new cars in Ukraine in 2008 could be 15-18%, or 620,000-650,000 cars, and not 30-38% as was forecast at the start of the year, Atlant-M Chinese Cars Company Director Dmytro Baranovsky said during a roundtable on the trends of the development of the Ukrainian car market.

"It was foreseen that this year 700,000-750,000 new cars would be sold, a rise of 30-38% compared to 2007. Unfortunately, these forecasts could fail, despite the fall in import duties from 25% to 10%," he said.