Sales to the dealer organization

The Volkswagen Group’s unit sales to the dealer organization decreased in the reporting year by 3.5% to 9,036,653 units (including the equity-accounted Chinese joint ventures) in a challenging market environment. Unit sales outside Germany declined by 4.2% to 7,841,792 vehicles. Fewer vehicles were sold primarily in China and in other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The Volkswagen Group’s unit sales to the dealer organization excluding the equity-accounted companies in China amounted to 6,294,998 (6,297,420) vehicles and was on a level with the previous year. Brazil, France and Mexico in particular reported growth. Unit sales in Germany increased by 1.4% year-on-year. The proportion of the Group’s total unit sales attributable to Germany increased to 13.2 (12.6)%.