Mexico’s domestic sales of autos increased 24.9 percent in April, year-on-year, to 118,407 units, the nation’s automotive industry association, AMIA, said on Tuesday.
According to the trade group, domestic sales of autos in the January-April period totaled 465,733 units, 16.2 percent up, year-on-year.
Despite the increased domestic sales, AMIA said both car production and exports declined 4.9 and 15.6 percent in April, both year-on-year, to 269,604 and 197,020 units, respectively.
As for the four-month analysis, Mexican auto production fell 5 percent, year-on-year, to 1 million units, while exports in the same period totaled 854,118 units, 7.4 percent down, year-on-year.