Stellantis sees 2 percent decline in annual U.S. auto sales

Stellantis reported a decline in U.S. auto sales on Tuesday, as the automaker’s performance was affected by chip shortage issue that forced it to halt production across Europe and the United States.

The fourth-largest automaker in the world said the U.S. sales declined by more than 2% to 1,777,394 vehicles from 1,820,636 a year earlier.

The automaker its sales for the full year were a bit under 1.8 million vehicles, and for the fourth quarter, sales declined 18%, to 411,513, compared with the same periods a year ago. 

Stellantis reports its sales in the US as FCA US.

The automaker did not report U.S. Maserati sales.

The other brands of the automaker, including Peugeot, Citroen and Opel, are not sold in the country.