East China’s Anhui province exported 130,000 automobiles from January to July, up 193.3 percent from the same period a year ago, local customs said. Those exports were worth more than 8.3 billion yuan (about US$1.3 billion), representing a year-on-year increase of 176.2 percent, according to Hefei Customs. In July alone, the province sold 15,000 cars overseas, up 192 percent year on year. Latin America was the largest market as the province exported 8,600 cars to the continent, or 55.8 percent of the provincial total, in July. The export volume skyrocketed 441.6 percent from the same period a year earlier. Brazil imported 2,893 cars from the province, up 232.5 percent. State-owned enterprises exported 14,000 automobiles, or 89.2 percent of the total, in July, up 317.3 percent, while private enterprises exported 1,585 ones, down 20.1 percent.
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