Brazil auto production up 0.4% in April, sales rise 0.3% -Anfavea

SAO PAULO – Brazilian auto industry production rose 0.4% in April from the previous month, totaling 185,449 units, automakers association Anfavea said on Tuesday.

Production was down 2.9% from the same month a year earlier, the association added.

Sales of autos were up 0.3% in April from March, at 147,242 units, but fell 15.9% year on year.

(Reporting by Alberto Alerigi Jr.; Writing by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Catherine Evans)