Toyota sales up 9.6%

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)