19 July 2001, 13:05 UK 3 mths to June car output dn 0.7 pct vs 3 mths to March
LONDON (AFX) - UK car production fell 0.7 pct in the three months
to June compared with the previous three months and was down 13.6 pct
on the same period a year earlier, according to data from National
Statistics.
In the latest three months, production allocated for exports fell
0.7 pct when compared with the previous three months, which left it
21.2 pct lower year-on-year.
Car production for the domestic market rose 4.7 pct in the three
months to June leaving it 4.0 pct higher on the same period a year
earlier, while total commercial vehicle production for the three months
ending June was 4.5 pct down on the previous three months for a 5.0 pct
year-on-year decline.
NS said car production in June stood at 132,000 compared with
127,000 in May and 156,000 in June of last year.
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