Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan rose 3.3 percent in November from a year earlier to 21,773 units, up for the fourth consecutive month, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Wednesday.
The figure consists of 20,567 foreign-brand vehicles, up 4.5 percent, and 1,206 Japanese vehicles manufactured overseas, down 13.9 percent, it said.
The November figure brings cumulative sales in the January-November period to 248,361, down 0.3 percent over the same period last year.
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