Maruti Suzuki India has reported an 8.8 per cent decline in total sales to 80,298 units in June from 88,091 units in the same month last year.
During June, the company reported a 3.8 per cent decline in domestic sales to 70,020 units from 72,812 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement today.
Exports also declined by 32.7 per cent to 10,278 units from 15,279 units.
Sales of the company’s once bread-and-butter M800 model declined by 12.8 per cent to 1,823 units in June 2011 from 2,090 units in June 2010, the statement said.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, WagonR, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz) witnessed a 2.4 per cent increase in sales to 52,599 units from 51,418 units. The A3 segment sales (consisting of SX4 and Dzire) declined by 60.4 per cent to 3,199 units from 8,081 units.
During the month, the company suffered a 13-day-long strike at its Manesar plant, where it mainly produces the Swift, Dzire and SX4. It suffered a production loss of 12,600 units due to the strike.
Last month, Maruti Suzuki sold 32 units of its Kizashi luxury sedan, which was launched in February.
The company’s total passenger car sales were down 6.4 per cent to 57,653 units from 61,589 units.
Meanwhile, the company scrip was trading down by 1.67 per cent at Rs 1,139.10 on the BSE today.