Japanese automaker Toyota has announced that its global sales in April doubled from a year earlier to 859,448 units, a record-high for the month, as auto demand continues to recover from a slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Toyota also doubled global output from a year earlier to 761,459 units thanks to a robust demand in China and United States despite a global semiconductor shortage that has hit the auto industry. Both sales and production rose for the 8th month in a row.
In its home market Japan, sales including mini vehicles rose 27.1% from a year earlier to 124,017 units thanks to the popularity of the Harrier SUV and new Yaris hatchback.
Overseas output marked a 3.1-fold increase to 493,854 units, a year after production was partly suspended in North America and Europe. In Japan, 267,605 units were churned out in April, up 22.7%, according to Toyota.
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The global chip shortage since late last year has forced automakers to cut production. However, Toyota has been relatively unscathed compared with its competitors but still, the company has announced a plan to suspend operations at two of its plants in Japan for up to 8 days in June, which will likely reduce output by 20,000 units amid the shortage of semiconductors.
Source: Japan Times
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