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TABLE-Indonesia's Aug motorbike sales up 43 pct y/y

Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:58am EDT

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JAKARTA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following is Indonesia's motorcycle sales data from the Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI), provided by PT Astra International Tbk (ASII.JK), the largest automotive distributor in the country.

Aug 2008 July 2008 Aug 2007 Honda (7267.T) 300,585 278,823 187,436 Yamaha (7272.T) 223,222 214,136 167,208 Suzuki (7269.T) 80,552 76,001 65,334 TOTAL INDUSTRY* 612,032 577,756 427,143

* The total includes other brands not listed above.

Indonesian motorcycle sales rose 5.9 percent last year to 4.7 million units, recovering from a 12.76 percent drop in 2006 after the government more than doubled domestic fuel prices in October 2005.

Sales hit a record 5.07 million units in 2005 but dropped to 4.43 million units in 2006. Analysts and industry experts predict sales will top 5 million units this year. (Reporting by Andreas Ismar, editing by Sara Webb)



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