Nissan says November China auto sales down 30 pc year-on-year

SHANGHAI: Nissan Motor Co Ltd and its Chinese joint venture sold 79,500 vehicles in China in November, down 29.8 per cent from a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said on Tuesday.

That was an improvement from October when sales declined 41 per cent, but sales are still well below last year's level due to the lingering impact of a territorial row between the countries that led to massive anti-Japan protests across China.

Sales in the first 11 months came to 1.09 million, down 3.3 per cent year-on-year, Nissan said in a statement.

Nissan, the most exposed of the top Japanese car firms to the Chinese market, makes vehicles in China in partnership with Dongfeng Automobile Group Co.