China June vehicle sales up 4.6% y-o-y: Passenger Car Association

[BEIJING] Passenger vehicle sales in China to retail customers rose 4.6 per cent in June from a year earlier, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said on Tuesday.

Retail sales totalled 1.78 million vehicles in June, according to data posted on the CPCA website. For the first six months of the year, passenger car sales fell 0.2 per cent compared to the same period a year ago.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, whose statistics are generally viewed as the benchmark for the industry, is due to report wholesale data for June on Tuesday.

REUTERS