Vehicle sales drop by 9.6% in June

China's automotive market continued its downward spiral in June, which has prompted the country's leading industry association to downgrade its estimate to a fall of up to 5 percent from 2018.

Vehicle sales last month stood at 2.056 million, down 9.6 percent year-on-year, which marked the 12th straight monthly fall, said the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday.

Sales from January to June totaled 12.32 million, falling 12.4 percent year-on-year.