MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)-Mexico's auto production rose 12% in
December from a year earlier to 171,616 units, as exports fueled a
recovery in the sector after a deep downturn in 2009, the Mexican
Automobile Industry Association, or AMIA, said Tuesday.
For the whole of 2010, auto production gained 50% to 2,260,776
units, the association known as AMIA said. Exports increased 52% to
1,859,517 autos, and domestic sales rose 8.7% to 820,406
vehicles.
Exports of cars and light trucks increased 6.6% in the final
month of 2010 to 147,552 vehicles. Domestic sales rose 14% to
104,941 autos.
-By Laurence Iliff, Dow Jones Newswires; (52-55) 5980-5184,
laurence.iliff@dowjones.com