FILE PHOTO: A visitor is reflected as he takes pictures of a new Ford Aspire car during its launch in New Delhi, India, October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co’s (F.N) July-to-September vehicle sales in China fell 30%, as the U.S. automaker continues to lose ground in a prolonged sales decline in its second biggest market.
The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker’s delivered 131,060 vehicles in China in the third quarter, Ford said in a statement.
Ford’s sales in China fell 35.8% in the first quarter and by 21.7% in the second quarter.
It delivered around 421,000 vehicles in the first nine months of the year, according to Reuters calculations.
Reporting by Yilei Sun and John Ruwitch; editing by Jason Neely