Ashok Leyland sales slips 3.5 pc in August

Ashok Leyland reported a 3.50 per cent decline in its total commercial vehicle sales to 7,218 units in August.

Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland reported a 3.50 per cent decline in its total commercial vehicle sales to 7,218 units in August this year compared that in the same month of the previous year.

The company had sold 7,480 units in the same month of 2010,Ashok Leyland said in a statement.

Domestic sales stood at 6,168 units in August as against 6,705 units in the same month of the previous year,down 8.01 per cent,it added.

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Exports,however,increased by 35.48 per cent to 1,050 units last month from 775 units in the year-ago period.

The company also reported a 7.82 per cent fall in total domestic sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles to 6,132 units in August from 6,652 units in the same month of the previous year.

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