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Kia-April sales
Kia's April sales fall 5.8 pct amid chip shortages
SEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- Kia Corp., South Korea's second-largest automaker, said Monday its sales fell 5.8 percent last month from a year earlier as global chip shortages affected its vehicle production and sales.
Kia said it sold 238,538 vehicles in April, down from 253,287 units a year ago, the company said in a statement.
Domestic sales declined 2 percent on-year to 50,095 units last month from 51,128, while exports were down 6.8 percent to 188,443 from 202,159 during the cited period, it said.
From January to April, sales fell 2 percent to 924,277 autos from 943,277 units during the same period of last year.
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