Nissan Motor's European sales have fallen by 10% year-on-year and vehicle production in the UK has slumped by 9.3%.

Production fell to 28,857 units and European sales totalled 46,313.

For June, global production declined 10%, while total unit sales for Japan, North America and Europe, were down 3.9%. For the first half of 2001 global production was down 3.2%, while total sales for the three regions decreased 1.8%.