Retail sales of passenger cars in the region are handled by 6 enterprises - legal entities that sell new cars to the public through showroom stores and equipped car lots. The year before last, retail trade enterprises sold 2.4 thousand passenger cars to the public, or almost half as many more as in the previous year. In the 9 months of last year, 1.5 thousand units were sold for a total of UAH 58 million. Over the past three years, car prices have risen by an average of 15 percent, and in the 9 months of the current year they increased by almost a quarter. The price increase is mainly due to an increase in sales of imported cars, which are more expensive than domestic ones; their share in the total volume sold accounts for more than 90 percent. For the continuous functioning of the car sales market and to meet consumer needs, vehicles from various countries of the world are coming into the region. In January-September of the current year alone, they were supplied worth USD 13 million from 13 countries of the world, which is 45 percent more than in the corresponding period of 2002. The main suppliers of cars are partners from the Russian Federation and Japan. Thus, 607 passenger cars were received from the Russian Federation and 353 from Japan. It is worth noting that in addition to retail sales, wholesale sales of passenger cars are also carried out. In the 9 months of last year alone, wholesale organizations of the region sold them for UAH 31 million for further resale both to retail trade enterprises and to other structures. Outside the retail trade network of enterprises - legal entities, passenger cars are sold at specialized car markets in the regional center. The average monthly market sale of cars is significantly higher than retail sales. Buyers prefer to purchase cars at car markets due to a wider assortment and lower prices, since they mainly sell used cars with various service lives. If in the retail network one car costs an average of almost UAH 32 thousand, then at the market it is a third less. The provision of passenger cars in personal ownership to the population of the region is 93 cars per one thousand residents. This indicator in Volyn is higher than in Rivne and Ternopil regions.