new delhi tata steel on friday said its sales have risen by 10 per cent to 233 million tonnes in the julyseptember quarter this fiscal the mumbaibased steel giant had clocked sales of 211 mt in the yearago period it said in a regulatory filing in the first half of 201516 fiscal sales grew by 6 per cent to 448 mt against 421 mt in the same period of 201415 it added saleable steel production increased by 9 per cent to 241 mt in the second quarter of 201516 from 221 mt in the same quarter of 201415 for the aprilseptember period the output rose by 4 per cent to 464 mt from 446 in the first 6 months of 201415 crude steel production was 251 mt in q2 201516 up by 11 per cent yearonyear and 485 million tonnes in the first six months of this fiscal a growth of 5 per cent yoy tata steel registered hot metal production of 266 mt in julyseptember 201415 a rise of 3 per cent yoy and 525 mt in aprilseptember up by 3 per cent yoy bestever automotive sales of 0366 mt in q2 previous best 0341 mt in q2 fy15 and best ever h1 sales of 0702 mt previous best 0669 mt in h1 fy15 tata steel said