Kia Motors Corporation announced its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for August 2011, recording a total of 197,695 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 13.8%. In August, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all of its overseas regions – 40.9% in China (37,748 units sold), 24.0% in North America (46,992 units sold), 19.8% in Europe (33,552 units sold) and 0.9% in general markets (42,792 units sold), while sales in the home market of Korea declined by 5.2% (36,611 units sold).