BANGLADESH AUTO SALES LEVEL OFF BUT EXPECTED TO REBOUND
May 1st, 2009
BY MARK GODFREY
AUTOMOBILE sales are down slightly this year in Bangladesh, after a decade of dramatic growth in vehicle ownership. Fluctuating orders for the country's export-dependent garments industry is depressing sales of vehicles, commented Shah Khaled Pavel, assistant manager for sales at Navana Ltd, Bangladesh's largest dealership for new Toyota cars.
Sales in the first four months of 2009 halved on the same period last year, explained Khaled Pavel, who harks after the first three months of 2008, when Navana sold more cars - 300 models - than in all of ...
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