Japanese carmakers' Overseas Production: Volume Reaches 18.4 Million Units in 2015
- Japan's major carmakers produced 18.39 million automobiles overseas (outside Japan) in 2015, up 3.2 percent compared to the previous year. Looking at regional trends, production in North America, Asia-Pacific and Central and South America increased, while results dropped below the previous year's level in Europe and Africa.
- In North America, volumes slightly went up in the USA and Canada. Meanwhile, production volume in Mexico increased 16.9 percent thanks to the launch of new plants by Honda and Mazda.
- Cooling Asian demand shrankproduction in Indonesia, down 15.5 percent, which tended to go up until 2014. On the other hand, production of Japanese automobiles shifted to a rising trend in Thailand, while production scale also increased in China and India.
- Five out of seven Japanese main carmakers surpassed production volume of the previous year. Only Toyotaand Mitsubishi dropped below 2014's level. Among the carmakers which increased production, Mazda realised double-digit expansion.
- Since future prospects of the economy are becoming increasingly murky especially in emerging countries, production may come to a standstill in 2016; however, the trend called "local production for local consumption" is expected to prevail in the medium term, spurring overseas production to soon reach 20 million units.
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