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China's excavator sales rise by 6.6% in June

Sales for China's major excavator producers increased in June, data from industry association have shown. The country's 25 leading excavator makers sold a total of 15,121 excavators last month, up 6.6 percent year-on-year, the China Construction Machinery Association said. In breakdown, 12,409 excavators were sold in the domestic market, down 0.3 percent year-on-year, while exports of the equipment soared 56.4 percent to 2,695. Major manufacturers sold a total of 137,207 excavators in the first half of the year, up 14.2 percent from the same period last year. Over the period, exports of the equipment surged 38.7 percent from a year ago to 12,335.