India's passenger vehicles sales slump 31% in July

Wheels India

13/08/2019 06:39

NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - India's domestic passenger
vehicle sales fell 30.9% in July, an auto industry body said on
Tuesday, marking a ninth straight decline in monthly sales amid
a deepening crisis in the autos sector that has triggered
massive job losses.
    The country's automakers sold a total of 200,790 passenger
vehicles in July, according to data released by the Society of
Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). The data also showed
that domestic passenger vehicle production was down nearly 17%
in the month. 

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Writing by Sudarshan Varadhan;
Editing by Euan Rocha;)
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