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China Exports More Cars Than Japan on Sales Surge to Russia
- Brands including BYD are bolstering efforts to expand abroad
- AlixPartners sees global car sales growing 5% this year
Vehicles at a port in Shanghai.
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China sold more cars abroad than any other nation in the first quarter in part because of a sales jump to customers in Russia.
The Asian country exported 1.07 million vehicles in the three months through March, overtaking long-time leader Japan, consultancy AlixPartners said Monday.