India’s passenger car sales declined by 4.21 percent to 164,469 units in February 2016 from 171,703 units sold in the same month a year ago.

According to the Indian automobile industry report released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the production of passenger cars during the period also declined by 3.94 percent to 213,837 vehicles from 222,605 units.

The country exported 45,394 units of passenger cars in February 2016, up by 13.77 percent from 39,901 units shipped in February 2015.

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Overall sales of passenger vehicles including passenger cars, utility vehicles and vans stood at 234,154, up 1.68 percent from 230,281 vehicles. This marginal increase in overall passenger vehicle sales is due to overwhelming response from the utility vehicle (UV) sector. The UV sales surged by 20.71 percent to 54,089 units from 44,808 vehicles during the period.

Meanwhile, the van segment too witnessed a double digit growth at 13.26 percent with the sales of 15,596 units in February 2016 as against 13,770 vans sold in the same month a year ago.