Geely sales hit top gear with 14 percent growth

Sales of China's largest private carmaker Geely Holding Group increased 14 percent year-on-year in 2013 to 549,518 units, according to a company report released on Wednesday.

Geely has set a goal of 6 percent year-on-year growth, 580,000 units, in 2014 based on the 8 percent to 10 percent growth in demand estimated by the China Association of Automobile Manufactures.

The company exported 11,843 units last December, an increase of 11 percent from the same period the previous year.

Domestic sales last December stood at 48,973, up 1 percent year-on-year.