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Hyundai Motor's China plant sales in February fall 97% from a year ago

17 March 2020 - 08:02 By Reuters
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Robots work on the welding line at a Beijing Hyundai Motor Co plant.
Robots work on the welding line at a Beijing Hyundai Motor Co plant.
Image: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hyundai Motor's China domestic plant sales in February were 1,007 vehicles, company data showed on Tuesday, down 97% from 38,017 vehicles a year ago.

The carmaker's global auto sales fell to their lowest in a decade in February as coronavirus worries kept buyers away in one of the first major indicators of damage to business in the broader auto sector due to the epidemic.

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