Marli Moreira
Reporter - Agência Brasil

São Paulo - In June the Brazilian automobile industry sold 148,491 vehicles, 3.9% more than in May, when 142,978 units were sold. The overall increase in the first half of the year amounts to 10%, in comparison with the same period last year.

Exports maintained their accelerated pace in June, rising 10.4% over May's figure. 77,822 vehicles were exported, corresponding to US$ 989.8 million.in sales.

These figures come from the Automobile Industry Performance Letter, released today by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Anfavea).

Translation: David Silberstein