KARACHI: The auto sales in the country surged by 23 percent to 137,206 units in the nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal year over 105,344 units of the same period last year.
According to the data released by the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (Pama), a total of 15,272 cars of all categories were sold in the country in March as against 14,027 cars in February. In March last year, 16,806 cars were sold.
The Pama data showed that the largest number of sale was recorded in cars of 1300cc or above at 8,406 units in March, up 13 percent as against 7,308 units sold in February. Toyota Corolla led the sales with 5,275 units, followed by 2,748 units of Honda cars (both Civic and City), while only 382 Suzuki Swift cars were sold.
However, sale of the large vehicles increased 6.47 percent in March over the same month a year ago when 7,862 cars were sold.
Under the category of small vehicles of 800cc and below 1,000cc category, 4,398 Suzuki Mehran and Bolan were sold in March as against 4,723 in February. These small vehicles recorded a decline of 52 percent this month as against March last year, when 6,705 units were sold.
The data showed that in March, a total of 557 trucks and 91 buses were sold. Total 60 units of jeeps, 2,255 units of pick-ups and 4,397 tractors were sold. Tractor sales recorded a growth of 30.74 percent in March as against February when 3,045 units were sold. However, tractor sales declined 8.46 percent over March last year when 4,769 tractors were sold.
