The Japanese carmakers have not caught up yet their production volume in China
- The Japanese carmakers production in China is growing again. However Japanese carmakers have not caught up yet the production volume that they lost following the diplomatic dispute between China and Japan regarding the China sea islands called Enkaku by Japanese and Diaoyu by Chinese.
- According to Inovev estimates, Japanese carmakers will produce in China in 2013 at total between 2.7 and 2.8 million vehicles, barely the level recorded in 2010. The peak of production was reached in 2011 (2.9 million).
- In the last months of 2013, Japanese carmakers have however gradually caught up their production volume. In September 2013 they reached their level of September 2011. The comparison between the April and May months of 2013 and the April and May months of 2011 is not relevant due to the consequences of the tsunami in Japan in March 2011.
- However, the analysis by carmaker shows a dissimilar situation. Nissan and Honda have already exceeded their 2011 production level several months ago, while Toyota and Mazda currently remain below their level of production of 2011.
- It has taken a year for two Japanese carmakers to recover the production level they had before the diplomatic crisis, and it will take probably several months before the other two carmakers can return to that level.
