India's leading automaker, Maruti Suzuki India has reported a 7.1 per cent fall in sales in December, its seventh consecutive month for a fall in sales.

The company was able to sell 92,161 units in December 2011 compared to 99,225 units in the same month in the previous year, the company said in a statement. The company had sold 77,475 units in the domestic market in the month reporting a fall of 13.4 per cent from 89,469 units in December of previous year.

The sales of passenger vehicles fell by 8.4 per cent to 69,329 units compared to 75,652 units in the same month of 2010, the statement added. The sakes of mini-segment cars, including the M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR fell 15.6 per cent to 38,593 units from 45,733 units in December of the previous year.

On the other hand, the automaker experienced a small rise in sales to 20,653 units from 20,557 units in the compact segment segment including Estilo, Swift and Ritz models. DZiRE sales grew by 6.8 per cent to 9,189 units from 8,601 units.

The company's exports rose 50.5 per cent in December, 2011, to 14,686 units from 9,756 units.