Japan's imported vehicle sales down 35.5 pct in August
4/9/2008 17:35
Japan's sales of new imported vehicles dived 35.5 percent year-on-year to
11,676 units in August, the sharpest drop since 1998 when the figure read 39.8
percent, said the Japan Automobile Importers Association today.
The sales,
including those of Japanese brands manufactured abroad, also saw a fourth
consecutive monthly fall, which the trade body attributed to consumers' concerns
over soaring fuel prices and the gloomy economic outlook.
Vehicles of foreign
brands sold in Japan plunged 28.4 percent to 10,316 units while sales of
Japanese cars assembled abroad nosedived 63.1 percent to 1,360
units.
Xinhua
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