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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Car sales surge in China]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/09/car-sales-surge-in-china/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/09/car-sales-surge-in-china/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/09/car-sales-surge-in-china/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">General Motors (GM)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/08/honda_fit.jpg" />Car sales in the United States might be struggling, but in China, they are moving product. Passenger vehicle sales <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=abmMuQAKvD90">spiked 48% last month</a>, its biggest gain since February 2006. Chinese buyers picked up 872,900 cars in June 2009, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, and total auto sales (with buses and trucks included) climbed 36% to 1.14 million year-over-year. <br /><br />Government officials are proclaiming the country's "downward slide" over, and aggressive goals are being set. The full 2009 vehicle sales forecast was raised from 10.2 million to 11 million, as sales for the first half of the year were up 18% year-over-year to 6.1 million. <br />
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