02/06/2011 00:00 AST

South Korea's five automakers, led by Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliate Kia Motors Corporation, said that their global sales gathered further ground in May 2011 thanks mainly to rapid gains in overseas markets.

The combined sales of the five automakers, also including GM Korea Co, the South Korean unit of the world's largest automaker General Motors, came to 638,110 units in May 2011, up by 14.4% from the 557,755 vehicles sold a year earlier. The May 2011 growth rate was up from a 10.7% YoY increase recorded in the previous month.

Their sales in overseas markets jumped 17.3% to 518,418 units in May 2011 while domestic shipments rose 3.4% YoY to 119,692 units. South Korea's other automakers are Renault Samsung Motors Co, the local unit of French automaker Renault SA and Ssangyong Motor Co.

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