In the first half of 2021, the Asian production decreased only by down 3,6% compared to 2019
- Asian automobile production reached a volume of 23,212,292 units (passenger car – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) in the first half of 2021. This figure represents an increase of 27.6% compared to the first half of 2020, but a slight decrease 3.6% compared to the first half of 2019 and a decrease of 12.2% compared to the first half of 2018.
- Of this total, China produced 12,569,866 units, or 54% of the Asian production. It increased by 24.3% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020, and by 3.6% compared to the first half of 2019. It is one of the rare countries to have seen its production increase in 2021 compared to 2019. The share of the Chinese production has therefore increased again this year, to 31% of the worldwide production. According to the current Chinese production growth, this share will increase further in the coming months and probably the next few years.
- In Asia, China is ahead of Japan (4,213,590 units), India (2,230,074), South Korea (1,814,146) and Thailand (844,601), especially with the production of pick-ups.
- If we compare PCs versus LUVs, Asia produced 18,582,736 PCs in the first half of 2021 (up 28.4% over 2020) and 4,629,556 LUVs (up 24.7% over 2020), LUVs representing 19.9% of the total Asian production, an intermediate level between that of Europe (13.6%) and the two Americas (28.9%). Thailand and its high production of pick-ups explains this rather high rate.
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