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Macedonia Q1 New Car Sales Fall Y/Y - Table
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11 April 2005
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SKOPJE (Macedonia), April 11 (SeeNews) - New car sales in Macedonia fell 6.8% in the first quarter, to 1,888, when compared to the same three-month period in 2004, according to automobile import data released on Monday.
Sales had been expected to drop after the government re-introduced excise duties levied on sales of new automobiles in 2005. It had scrapped the duties in 2003 and 2004.
March sales of 824 units, however, were up from both the 579 sold in February and the 708 sold in March 2004.
Top-selling marques in March:
........................Mar'05……Feb'05......Mar'04
Chevrolet.........188............145.........36
Citroen.............63.............45...........50
Opel.................62..............25...........57
Lada.................60..............35...........77
Fiat..................59...............30...........53
Russian car maker Avtovaz's Lada marque topped sales in 2004 with 1,139 units sold, compared to 459 in 2003.
Old Russian- and Yugoslav-made cars remain common in Macedonia, where the average vehicle age is 18 years.