Toyota sales up 9.6%

JAKARTA (JP): The car manufacturer PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM), a joint venture between Indonesia's PT Astra International and Japan's Toyota Motor, said it sold 10,292 passenger and commercial vehicles in July 1997 compared to 5,996 units in July 1996.

Toyota Astra said in a statement to The Jakarta Post yesterday the firm sold 46,443 units in the first seven months of 1997, an increase of 9.6 percent from 42,360 units in the same period last year.

The statement said its best selling multipurpose van, the Toyota Kijang, continued to be the largest contributor.

The firm sold 8,702 Kijangs in July compared to 4,701 in the same period last year.

The total number of Kijangs sold in the first seven months of this year was 37,351 compared with 32,435 in the same period last year, the statement said. (jsk)