Second quarter sales within Europe – Hankook Tire's largest sales region – were up 2.1 per cent to KRW 529 billion (£355.3 million) thanks to higher UHPT segment sales, which increased 6.6 per cent year-on-year to KRW 227 billion (£152.5 million) and increased their share of total tyre sales by 1.8 percentage points to 42.9 per cent. Hankook Tire comments that it continued to outperform market growth in Europe, with stable original equipment volume and robust growth in the replacement market.