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 July 2011, recording a total of 208,074 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 15.0%. In July, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all of its overseas regions – 45.2% in China (34,419 units sold), 26.6% in Europe (40,840 units sold), 26.3% in North America (51,887 units sold), and 3.7% in general markets (40,222 units sold), while sales in the home market of Korea declined by 9.7% (40,706 units sold).