French carmaker Renault said on Friday about the drop in sales worldwide in 2019 3.4% to 3.75 million vehicles, despite the rise in Europe.
Sales rose 1.3% to 1.94 million units in Europe, but fell by 17.2% in China, said the automaker.
Sales fell 19.3% in Africa, middle East, India and the Pacific.
Informed his French rival PSA on Thursday reported a 10 percent drop in global sales in 2019 to 3.49 million units, compared to the record of 3.88 million due to reductions in China, the middle East and Africa.