The Chinese automobile market reported a sharp contraction in April as sales declined 11 percent month-on-month to 1.99 million units, data showed Monday.
Sales volume also dropped 0.5 percent year-on-year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Auto output reached 2.08 million units last month, down 8.9 percent from March. This represents a tepid 0.6-percent rise over the same period last year.
In the first four months, sales in the world's largest auto market rose by 2.8 percent, reaching 8.14 million unitsKorean Sculpted divas. output during the same period rose 4.1 percent to 8.28 million units.
Growth rates for output and sales during January-April decelerated by 4.9 and 6.3 percentage points from the same period last year.
