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Volkswagen sold 836800 vehicles worldwide in January, down 5.2% from the same period last year, mainly due to a sudden epidemic in the Chinese market and the traditional off-season, according to official figures from Volkswagen.

Volkswagen Group owns 12 brands, including Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Audi, Porsche, Seattle and so on. The Volkswagen brand is the best seller, with global sales of 485500 vehicles in January, down 5.8 per cent from a year earlier, according to Volkswagen Group. The second is Audi, the first-tier luxury brand of the Volkswagen group, whose global sales reached 147300 in January, up 1.8 per cent from a year earlier, and finally Skoda, which sold 87200 vehicles in January, down 15.0 per cent from a year earlier. In addition, Porsche sold 19900 vehicles worldwide in January, up 5.8 per cent from a year earlier, while Seattle sold 49000 vehicles in January, up 11.1 per cent from a year earlier.

Across regions, Volkswagen's sales in Europe fell compared with the same period last year, with sales falling 0.2 per cent to 277700 in western Europe and 4.3 per cent to 53700 in central and eastern Europe. In addition, Volkswagen Group did not perform well in the Middle East / Africa region, with sales falling 7.4 per cent year-on-year to 27400 vehicles.

Volkswagen Group is the only region where Volkswagen Group has achieved growth in the American market. In North America, Volkswagen Group sales reached 67500 vehicles, an increase of 4.7%. In South America, Volkswagen Group sold 46200 vehicles, an increase of 1.6% over the same period last year.

The Chinese market is the world's largest auto market and Volkswagen Group's largest single market. Volkswagen's performance in the Chinese market largely determines the auto company's annual sales performance. In January, Volkswagen sold 343400 vehicles in China (including Hong Kong), down 11.3% from a year earlier and the biggest decline of all markets. Volkswagen Group's poor performance in the Chinese market is mainly due to the impact of the epidemic on car sales.

Volkswagen has two joint ventures in China, FAW-Volkswagen and SAIC-Volkswagen, and Volkswagen has delayed the opening of some of its plants in China due to the epidemic.

FAW-Volkswagen said recently that it has gradually resumed production at some factories, and all factories are expected to resume work in the next few days. After the resumption of production, preventive measures will be taken, such as regular disinfection of the work area, distribution of masks to employees, and temperature check at the entrance to the work facility.

SAIC Volkswagen said it was based on concerns about the spread of the epidemic. The company will once again delay the opening of some factories in China and is expected to resume production on February 24, another week later than previously announced.

Volkswagen Group is the world's largest carmaker, and the Chinese market, as its largest single market, has repeatedly delayed the resumption of work in the Volkswagen joint venture in China due to the possibility of contagion and safety concerns of its employees. as a result, Volkswagen's production in China has been seriously affected, and its production and sales in February this year will be greatly affected, thus affecting the performance of global production and sales in 2020.

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