Escorts tractor sales down 9% in December

Engineering and farm equipment major Escorts today reported 8.9% decline in tractor sales in December 2015 to 2,751 units.

It had sold 3,021 units in December 2014.

Domestic sales during the month were down 5% at 2,727 units compared with 2,871 units in December, 2014, the company said in a BSE filing.

The company said its exports in December 2015 were down 84% at 24 units as against 150 units in the year-ago month.