The country's largest passenger vehicle maker Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reported a 5 per cent fall in its car sales during December on a year-on-year basis.
The company sold 83,729 passenger cars in December 2018 compared with 87,864 units in December 2017.
In the Mini (Alto, WagonR) segment, the company sold 27,661 units, down 14 per cent from 32,146 units clocked in the corresponding month of the previous year.
In the compact segment (Celerio, Baleno, Dzire), the company's sales fell 4 per cent to 51,334 units (53,336 units).
In total, the company recorded domestic passenger vehicle sales of 1,19,804 units during last month, up one per cent compared with 1,18,560 units in December 2017.
However, the company's exports fell 36 per cent to 6,859 units in December against 10,780 units in December 2017.
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