Aerial photo taken on Aug. 12, 2021 shows new energy vehicles at a logistics park in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Li Hanchi/Xinhua)
BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China's automobile exports surged 73 percent month on month in May, hitting a record high for 2022, industry data showed.
Last month, the country exported 245,000 automobiles, soaring 62.3 percent from the same period of 2021, said the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
In breakdown, 196,000 passenger cars were sold overseas in the period, up 69.7 percent year on year. The exports of commercial vehicles climbed 38.2 percent over one year earlier to 49,000 units.
In the first five months of the year, China's automobile firms exported 969,000 vehicles, up 44.7 percent from the same period last year, showed the data.
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