Mexican car production fell 4.6% year on year in September but exports were up sharply, the Mexican Auto Industry Association (AMIA) said.
Exports rose 11.7% to 215,962 vehicles, the second consecutive month of double-digit export growth. Exports surged in August, rising more than 20% compared with August 2012, a Reuters report noted.
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September exports to the United States, Mexico’s top customer, rose 31.2%, while exports to Canada, its second biggest market, fell 14.4%. Exports to Latin America were up 4.5%.
The country produced 241,740 vehicles last month, AMIA said.
