Suara.com – PT Astra International Tbk, a national company which has 274 subsidiaries, including the automotive sector, financing services and insurance announced sales results for December 2023. There was positive growth in passenger and commercial car sales, which can be seen from the units distributed in the national market.
Quoted from Astra’s official release as received by Suara.com, Astra’s hope for motor vehicle production for this new year is to support economic growth in the country.
“Realized wholesale national car sales throughout 2023 reached 1,005,802 units. Meanwhile in December 2023, wholesale national car sales were recorded at 85,284 units or grew 1.1 percent from the previous month. Astra car sales throughout 2023 were recorded at 560,717 units with a market share of the figure is 56 percent,” explained Boy Kelana Soebroto, Head of Corporate Communications Astra.
One of PT Astra Daihatsu Motor’s assembly facilities, Karawang Assembly Plant (PT ADM).
“We hope that in 2024 the automotive industry can continue to make a positive contribution to the growth of the Indonesian economy,” he added.
Based on data from Gaikindo or the Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries, PT Astra International Tbk’s total domestic sales for 2023 are 1,005,802 units of four-wheeled vehicles. With total domestic sales of Low Cost Green Car or LCGC of 204,677 units.
Astra’s market share in 2023 will reach 56 percent, with Astra LCGC’s market share at 74 percent. For Astra market share as of December 2023, which reached 56 percent, this has increased compared to the same period in 2022.
Then Astra LCGC’s market share in December 2023 was 84 percent or an increase compared to the same period last year which reached 76 percent.
Sales of Astra, which includes the Toyota and Lexus brands, in December 2023 reached 32,351 units. This acquisition increased compared to the same period in the previous year, namely 28,220 units.
Furthermore, sales of the Daihatsu brand in December 2023 reached 12,805 units, compared to the same period in 2022, where last year 23,815 units were sold.
Meanwhile, sales of LCGC Astra products as of December 2023 reached 11,625 units, compared to the same period last year which was 15,240 units.