- In the first half of 2015, global production remained broadly unchanged (+ 0.5%) compared to the same period in 2014.

- Some countries saw their production volume significantly back in the first half of 2015:

- Canada (-11.0%): this country is undergoing a decade of production relocation to the United States but also due to Mexican competition.

- Japan (-11.6%): the Japanese market is down 11% (market imports very few vehicles). And exports are stable.

- Uzbekistan (-11.7%): Uzbekistan has lost nearly 20 000 sales to Russia, due to the collapse of this market.

- Indonesia (-12.0%): the Indonesian market has declined and exports to Thailand down sharply.

- Argentina (-14.1%): the local market has down 23% in the first half of 2015 and exports to Brazil are falling due to import restrictions and declining local market.

- Brazil (-17.0%): the Brazilian market is down 20% in the first half of 2015.

- Belgium (-21.3%): the closure of the Ford plant in Genk caused a drop of over 20% of Belgian production.

- Belarus (-27.7%): exports to the Russian market have virtually stopped, following the situation of the Russian market.

- Russia (-34.9%): the Russian market is in free fall, while imports also saw their volume collapse.

- Ukraine (-94.4%): The events in the country have caused a collapse of local production. The production in 2015 was almost stopped, while the country produced 400 000 vehicles in 2008.

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