World automotive 2018 production by country
- While global automotive production increased by 2.3% in 2017 (compared to 2016), it fell by 1.3% in 2018 (compared to 2017) for PC+LCV and even by 2.0% for PC alone.
- Several major producing countries, such as China (-4.2%, to 27.81 million units), the United States (-1.9%, to 11.38 million units), Germany (-9.0%, to 5.54 million units), South Korea (-2.0%, to 4.03 million units) or Mexico (-1.2%, to 3.97 million units) experienced volume decline in 2018. These decreases are mainly due to lower sales but also to difficulties for some manufacturers in complying with the new WLTP standards in Europe.
- Nevertheless, some countries’ production continued to increase last year. The major producing countries where volumes increased are India (+7.1%, to 5.18 million units), Brazil (+4.6%, to 2.81 million units) and Thailand (+8.7%, to 2.16 million units). But the most significant increase was recorded by Russia (+13.2%, to 1.77 million units), which benefited from a sharp increase in its registrations accompanied by a sharp drop in its imports from abroad.
- In total, China accounts for 29% of world production, ahead of the United States (12%), Japan (10%), Germany (6%) and India (5.5%). Europe as a whole (29 countries) accounts for 19% of world production.
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