China’s Q1 automobile exports up 16% y/y, industry official says

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s automobile exports reached 1.54 million units in the first quarter of the year, up 16% compared with the same period a year earlier, an industry official said.

The country exported 570,000 units in March, also 16% more than a year earlier, China Passenger Car Association secretary general Cui Dongshu said in a WeChat post.

(Reporting by Liz Lee and Shanghai newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)