Australia New Motor Vehicle Sales Slip 1.3% In July

The total number of new motor vehicle sales in Australia was down a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent on month in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday, coming in at 98,062.

That follows the upwardly revised 3.5 percent increase in June (originally 3.1 percent).

Individually, sales for passenger vehicles added 0.4 percent on month and sales for other vehicles fell 0.4 percent. Sales for sports utility vehicles were flat.

On a yearly basis, new motor vehicle sales were up 1.6 percent after climbing an upwardly revised 2.3 percent in the previous month (originally 2.1 percent).

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