Japan's new vehicle sales plunge 37% in March (AFP)

Friday, April 1, 2011 1:01 AM By dwi

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's domestic income of newborn cars, trucks and buses dropped 37 proportionality from a year earlier in March, as the devastating March 11 seism and wave impact creation and supplies to auto dealers.

Auto income totalled 279,389 in March, the seventh-straight monthly decline, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Friday.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake, Japan's biggest ever recorded, three weeks past unleashed a wave that devastated swathes of the north coastline and impact the creation of every of Japan's automakers.

Auto gathering and part manufacturing plants were damaged and companies were subjected to power shortages, feat a demand of components for both domestic and overseas car makers.

Auto sales, as measured by registrations of vehicles, are seen as a key indicator of consumer spending sentiment and are among the prototypal accumulation to be free apiece month in Japan.

The figures do not allow income of mini cars or trucks.


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