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2009年生产1379万辆,超过日本,跃居第一。美国列第三。0 x# V! V, X2 F3 [$ U ^
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Japan Ceded Top Auto Maker Title To China In 2009 - Nikkei 3 y$ o9 g: }. Y$ g. _
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TOKYO (Nikkei)--Japan yielded the title of the world's top automobile manufacturer to China in 2009, with domestic production plummeting 31.5% to 7.93 million units, according to data released Friday by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, the Nikkei reported in its Saturday morning edition.& S9 C, k" a2 S* w7 ^5 g
7 P( p: @; h2 l! F2 Z5 R' {Japan had been the No. 1 auto-producing nation for three years since 2006, when it eclipsed the U.S.9 W9 X4 _8 j; i$ N! x
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China saw auto output surge 48.3% to about 13.79 million vehicles last year, compared with 5.7 million for the U.S., which came in third place, according to the Nikkei.
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- \: `$ b" l& N! K# `( hJapan's domestic production dipped below 8 million units for the first time in 33 years. All 12 major auto makers saw output drop, with Toyota Motor Corp. (TM, 7203.TO) suffering a 30.4% plunge.
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The slide in output was much steeper than 1993's 10.2% fall, the previous record, the business daily said.
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Exports took a 46.2% dive to 3.61 million vehicles for the first annual decline in eight years. Shipments to Asia tumbled 27.9% and exports to the U.S. plunged 41.8%.* U6 Z- L1 k0 x# d
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Production in 2009 was down 40% from the peak in 1990 and exports were at half their 1985 high. Exports represented 58.1% of overall domestic output in 2008, but the rate dropped to 45.6% in 2009, the Nikkei reported., x6 Z3 Y# H( ?% G6 `) p4 C' Z4 \
2 g+ b! _, `; u5 Q1 fJapan's total domestic output capacity is estimated at 11 million vehicles a year. In 2009, 4.6 million vehicles were sold in the home market. |
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