Mexico’s auto production and domestic sales have increased in June, according to information released on Thursday by the nation’s automotive industry association, AMIA.
According to AMIA, Mexican auto production rose 4.1 percent in June, year-on-year, to 319,122 units, while exports and domestic sales in the same period increased 1.8 percent and 25.9 percent, respectively, to 247,005 and 134,536 units.
Despite the year-on-year increase for car output and exports in June, the Mexican automotive industry saw a different trend for the two indicators in H1.
Auto production and exports in H1 fell 3.1 percent and 5.6 percent, year-on-year, respectively, to 1.6 million and 1.3 million units, it said.
Domestic sales, however, improved 18.4 percent, year-on-year, in the six-month period to 721,856 units.