Toyota’s Passenger Car Sales in Japan Down 43 Percent in the First Half of 2011
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Toyota’s Passenger Car Sales in Japan Down 43 Percent in the First Half of 2011



The two natural disasters that hit Japan on March 11, the 8.9 offshore earthquake and the subsequent Tsunami that devastated the country and took many human lives, has also hit hard production and sales of Japanese car manufacturers.

Toyota said on Monday that its domestic passenger car production for the first half of 2011 dropped by 38% to 947,090 units and its overseas production by 11.7% to 1,923,408 units compared to the same period in 2010 units due to the lack of parts.

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