Honda Motor said on Tuesday its car sales in May in China fell 32 percent from a year earlier.

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The Japanese automaker sold 27,204 cars in the country last month, down from 39,948 units a year earlier, it said in a statement.

In the first five months, it sold 236,264 cars in China, down 8.9 percent from a year earlier, it added.

Honda makes cars in China with Dongfeng Motor Group and Guangzhou Automobile Group .