Data released by JMC showed that the sales volume of all vehicles types reached 15050 units in January, up 5.1 percent over the previous year.

JMC confirmed there was a 627.27 percent rise in the sale of heavy-duty trucks over the past month, and a 6.34%-percent increase in the number of light trucks sold. In sales volume, a total of 80 units of heavy-duty trucks and 5083 units of light trucks were sold in January.

Pickup sales stood at 2909 units in January and a decline of 4.87 percent from the same month last year, JMC data showed.

During the period, Complete Knocked Down exports posted the biggest slump of 15 percent with a sales volume of 272 units.