Maruti Suzuki India sales fall for fifth consecutive month, witness 14 per cent decline in June 2019

Maruti Suzuki India on Monday announced its sales report for June this year, and it is in negative. Maruti Suzuki India today reported a 14 per cent decline in monthly sales to 1,24,708 units during June 2019 as against 1,44,981 units sold in June, 2018. It is projected that the company’s growth was affected due to the slump in the Indian auto market.

It is to be noted that this is the fifth consecutive month when the Maruti Suzuki India has seen its sales going down. The India’s largest carmaker gas reported a marginal 0.2 per cent growth in January this year and after that it has been witnessing a continuous fall. There was a decline of 0.8 per cent in February 2019, 1.6 per cent in March 2019, 17.2 per cent in April 2019 and 22 per cent in May 2019.

The total domestic sales accounted for 1,14,861 units, while the total export sales stood at 9,847 units out of 1,24,708 units sold during June this year. The total domestic sales also include 1,830 units sold to other OEMs.

During the June this year, the sale of mini sub-segment dropped by 36.2 per cent to 18,733 units. In the meantime, the sale of compact sub-segment went down by 12.1 per cent to 62,897 units. However, the mid-size sub-segment witnessed a 47.1 per cent jump in monthly sales to 2,322 units.

The mini sub-segment includes Alto and Old WagonR. The compact sub-segment comprises of the all-new third-generation WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno and Dzire. The mid-size sub-segment has Ciaz.

Coming to the utility vehicles sub-segment, it witnessed a 7.9 per cent drop in monthly sales to 17,797 units during June 2019, while the vans sub-segment registered a 24 per cent drop in sales to 9,265 units. The utility vehicles sub-segment includes Gypsy, Ertiga, Vitara Brezza and S-Cross. The vans sub-segment has Omni and Eeco.

On the other hand, Maruti Suzuki’s light commercial vehicle category registered a 24 per cent rise in monthly sales to 2,017 units in June 2019. This section comprises of Super Carry. For the quarter ended June 30, 2019, Maruti Suzuki India reported a 17.9 per cent loss in total sales to 4,02,594 units. The company had sold 4,90,479 units during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

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