Maruti Suzuki's total sales rise to 170,395 units in March 2022

1 Apr 2022 , 06:48 PM

Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 170,395 units in March 2022 as against 167,014 units in March last year, up by 2%.

Total sales in the month include domestic sales of 137,658 units, sales to other OEM of 6,241 units and its highest ever monthly exports of 26,496 units.

In the regulatory filing, Cars in the compact category including Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift, Tour S, and WagonR witnessed marginal growth with sales of 82,314 units in March 2022. Sales of Maruti Suzuki utility vehicles such as Ertiga, Gypsy, S-Cross, Vitara Brezza, XL6 declined to 25,001 units in March this year, as against 26,174 units in March 2021.

Eeco van also saw a drop in sales to 9,221 units compared to 11,547 units in the same month last year.

For the full financial year 2021-22, the Company posted a total sale of 1,652,653 units with a growth of 13.4% over FY 2020-21. Total sales include domestic sales of 1,365,370 units, sales to other OEM of 48,907 units and highest ever exports of 238,376 units, it added.

The shortage of electronic components had some impact on the production of vehicles in FY 2021-22.

The Company took all possible measures to minimise the impact. As the supply situation of electronic components continues to be unpredictable, it might have some impact on the production volume in FY 2022-23 as well.