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TVS Motor sales marginally down in December

Company's exports increased 6.44 per cent to 22,481 units from 21,121 units in the same month previous year.

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Chennai-based two-wheeler maker TVS Motor Company on Monday reported a marginal fall in total vehicle sales for December 2011 at 1, 70,428 units.

The company had sold 1, 71,790 units in the same month previous year, TVS Motor Company said in a statement.

Two-wheeler sales of the company fell marginally last month to 1, 67,905 units from 1,68,359 units in the year-ago period, it added.

Scooter sales, however, increased by 7.18 per cent to 44,804 units in December 2011 from 41,804 units in the same month of 2010. Motorcycle sales declined by 7.74 per cent to 56,662 units from 61,414 units in the year-ago period.

The company's domestic two-wheeler sales registered a decline of 1.75 per cent to 1, 46,747 units against 1,49,357 units in December 2010.

Three-wheeler sales of the company went down by 26.46 per cent to 2,523 units from 3,431 units in the same month of 2010, the statement said.

Company's exports increased 6.44 per cent to 22,481 units from 21,121 units in the same month previous year, it added.