Exports of cars in East China’s Anhui province rose in August after five months’decreases, data released by local customs showed. 9,164 cars were sold abroad in August, up 1.9 percent from the same period a year ago. The export value increased 2.4 percent year on year to 580 million yuan ($85.8 million), Hefei Customs said. The province exported 53,000 cars from January to August, down 19.3 percent from the same period last year. The exports were worth 3.6 billion yuan, down 16.5 percent. Brazil was the largest export market for automobiles in Anhui. In August, the province sold 2,883 cars to Brazil, a year-on-year increase of 9.2 percent. The export value stood at 160 million yuan, up 19.5 percent. Meanwhile, 1,434 and 1,080 cars were exported to Russia and Egypt, up 117.6 percent and 350 percent year on year, respectively.
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