Shanghai (ZXZC)- Japanese automaker Mazda delivered 17,051 vehicles in China last month, sliding 17.2% compared with 20,597 vehicles delivered in the same period a year ago, according to Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd.

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In July, retail sales of two joint ventures in China—FAW Mazda and Changan Mazda—reached 6,539 units and 10,512 units respectively, the automaker said.

Although the carmaker didn’t release the sales growth rate of two joint ventures, ZXZC got the results based on last year’s data that FAW Mazda and Changan Mazda posted year-on-year decline of 18.9% and 16.2% respectively in July sales.

For the first seven months, the Japan-based automaker saw its cumulative sales in China slump 25.9% over the previous year to 123,396 units.

Of that, year-to-date sales of FAW Mazda and Changan Mazda sharply fell 31.2% and 22.3% from the year-ago period respectively to 46,218 units and 77,178 units.

The Mazda 3 Axela should be the best seller with its deliveries in China amounting to 7,272 units in July and totaling 53,497 units during the first seven months.

In addition, Jan.-Jul. retail sales of the Mazda 6 Atenza, the CX-4 and the CX-5 reached 21,722 units, 24,449 units and 21,922 units respectively, of which 3,844 units, 2,695 units and 3,016 units were offered in July.