Mumbai, August 1 : Automobile giant Tata Motors Thursday reported a 29.96 percent fall in sales for July this year at 51,468 units from 73,491 units sold in the corresponding month of 2012.

In the domestic market, the company reported a 31.23 percent decline in sales of its commercial and passenger vehicles at 47,191 units from 68,627 units sold in July last year.

Segment-wise, the commercial vehicles sales in domestic market fell by 14.20 percent at 36,367 units from 42,387 units sold in July, 2012.

The company's passenger car sales plummetted by 58.75 percent in the month under review and stood at 10,824 units from an off-take of 26,240 units in the corresponding period of last year.

Exports in July fell by 12.06 percent at 4,277 unit from 4,864 units which were shipped out in the corresponding month of 2012. (IANS)