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Overseas Production Continues to Climb in CY2002
Eine Mitteilung der Toyota Motor Corporation TMC, Tokio/Japan
December 2002 Highlights (year-on-year)
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
Toyota: Fourth consecutive month of increase
Daihatsu: Third consecutive month of decrease
Hino: First decrease in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino: Fourth consecutive month of increase
DOMESTIC SALES
Toyota:
First decrease in four months
38.5% share of market excluding minivehicles
Daihatsu:
Seventeenth consecutive month of decrease
27.9% share of the minivehicle market
Hino:
First decrease in three months
35.2% share of the truck market
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino:
First decrease in four months
36.1% share of market including minivehicles
EXPORTS
Toyota: Fourth consecutive month of increase due to increased exports mainly to North America and Asia
Daihatsu: Third consecutive month of increase due to increased exports to the Middle East and Oceania
Hino: Eleventh consecutive month of increase due to increased exports to the Middle East, North America and Europe
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino: Fourth consecutive month of increase
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
Toyota: Twelfth consecutive month of increase due to increased production mainly in North America, Europe and Asia
Daihatsu :Second consecutive month of decrease due to decreased production mainly in Malaysia
Toyota + Daihatsu: Twelfth consecutive month of increase