SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday the number of vehicles produced at its plant in India exceeded 8 million units in total.
Hyundai’s plant in Chennai began operation in September 1998.
The production line has become the carmaker’s second overseas operation to have churned out more than 8 million vehicles after Hyundai’s plant in China, the company said in a statement.
Of the 8 million autos, 5.3 million were sold in the Indian market and 2.7 million were exported to Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, South Korea’s No. 1 automaker said.
In this photo taken March 26, 2016, Indian employees work at the assembly line of Hyundai Motor’s plant in Chennai. (Yonhap)
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