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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 s3 A! p9 S: U
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1 F1 J; M7 _ c! e% `( T P0 |Japan Ceded Top Auto Maker Title To China In 2009 - Nikkei
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8 M b* P, }) |& ITOKYO (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.0 K* v y6 K7 ^1 v
3 Y$ _9 v$ M/ e6 |3 ]4 BJapan had been the No. 1 auto-producing nation for three years since 2006, when it eclipsed the U.S.
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8 c: i0 G$ k2 ?* K/ F; YChina 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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% w2 M: |3 A, t" p% z- Z; ]1 ?Japan'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.3 F7 d }, g \; O1 p9 ?
. k1 m# k3 G6 j8 I4 CThe slide in output was much steeper than 1993's 10.2% fall, the previous record, the business daily said.3 ?) O) S) E6 B5 I3 K
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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%.
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4 H( g, k S) q( E9 _( \* IProduction 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.! u( Z: c3 L' }# i$ E3 J6 s
' R( S7 d. l7 v9 L, B2 IJapan'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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