Japan exported 540 000 vehicles to other Asian countries in 2013
- Out of the 4 675 000 vehicles exported worldwide (4 065 000 passenger cars and 610 000 commercial vehicles), Japan exported 540 000 vehicles (PC + LCV) to other Asian countries throughout 2013.
- The main destination of these exports to Asia is China (184 000 units), which accounts for 4% of total exports from Japan, followed by Thailand (71 000 units), Indonesia (69 000 units), Taiwan (58 000), Malaysia (56 000 units) and the Philippines (27 000 units).
- Across all Japanese exports, Asia is just behind North America (1 887 000 units), Europe (710 000 units) and the Middle East (584 000 units).
- However, Asia arrives before Oceania (407 000 units), represented mainly by Australia , Asia is also in front of South America (362 000 units) and Africa (185 000 units).
- All these exports account for vehicles that haven't been transplanted, i.e. that are not yet produced outside Japan. However, the strategy of Japanese carmakers still remains to transplant more and more vehicles rather than having to export them. But transplanting 4 675 000 vehicles would be equivalent to the construction of 15 to 25 plants worldwide, excluding China, which alone would need for its own market 10 new plants every year …
