HYUNDAI MOTOR'S CAR EXPORTS RISE SHARPLY
<Hyundai Motor Co> exported 49,822 cars in
the first two months of 1987, up from 37,272 in the same period
of last year, mainly due to booming sales in the U.S. And
Canada, company officials said.
    They told reporters Hyundai Motor expects to export 450,000
cars in 1987, including 250,000 to the U.S., After a record
total last year of 300,200, in large part due to 168,900
initial U.S. Sales of the Pony Excel sub-compact.
    They said the company plans to lift annual output capacity
to 750,000 cars by end-year from 600,000 now. Net profit hit a
record 38.3 billion won in 1986 from 28.8 billion in 1985.
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