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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.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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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.