RI August auto sales up 31%

RI August auto sales up 31%

JAKARTA: Automobile sales in Indonesia rose 31 percent in August from a year earlier, said PT Astra International, the nation's biggest auto distributor, citing figures from the Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers.

Auto sales in the nation rose to 50,608 units in August, the highest in three months, from 38,680 units in the same month a year earlier, Astra said in a statement on Wednesday.

Astra sold 24,195 cars in August in the domestic market, from 14,591 a year earlier. -- Bloomberg