Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest automaker, said Monday its sales dropped 1.8 percent in January from a year ago, affected in part by fewer working days at some of its overseas factories.
The carmaker sold 252,774 units overall last month, down from 257,399 vehicles a year earlier, Kia Motors said in a statement.
Of the total, domestic sales grew 8.2 percent on-year to 36,802 units. Overseas sales came to 215,972 units, down 3.3 percent from the same month a year earlier.