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French registrations fall 15% in December on new COVID surge, chips crunch

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January 02, 2022 08:33 AM

PARIS -- New-car registrations in France fell 15 percent in December, partly due to a global semiconductor shortage and as a new wave of coronavirus infections creates uncertainty.

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