PRAGUE, April 5 (Reuters) - Growth of new car registrations in the Czech Republic is likely to slow in 2018 to 3 percent after a record 2017, the country’s Car Importers Association said on Thursday.

Sales of new cars jumped 4.6 percent last year, a level the association said would not be matched in 2018 following a slight dip in first-quarter registrations.

It had previously forecast 2018 growth at 3 percent to 8 percent, which was based on an external PwC study.