Oct 21 (Reuters) -

Forvia, the world's seventh largest car parts

supplier by revenue, on Monday reported slightly lower

third-quarter sales compared with the same period a year ago.

Sales for the third-quarter reached 6.53 billion euros

($7.09 billion), a 2.6% decrease year-on-year, while Chinese

sales fell 13.5%.

"In China, conversely and as expected, we underperformed

the local automotive production in the past quarter, due to

customer mix evolution and start of productions delayed from

2024 to 2025" said Forvia's CEO Patrick Koller in a statement.

In late September, Forvia

cut

its annual sales and profit forecasts for the second time

in three months, reflecting weakness in the European and North

American markets and delays in China.

($1 = 0.9207 euros)