North America and Thailand is a strength and a very large contribution, both production and sales for Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) of Japan. Toyota car market in the United States supplied much of North America, and Thailand for the ASEAN market.
Can be, automotive market conditions in the world more or less healthy, it will affect many aspects. Not only in terms of income, policies that also appear less tasty.
Toyota Japan announced that sales in January 2009 in the United States decreased to 34.4 percent. For this first month, the company is selling only 117,287 units, including Lexus and Scion.
Although the number is still higher than the total Ford sales, overall lift is decadent enough. For this type of pickup down 21.2 percent compared to January last year.
Meanwhile, in Thailand, Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT) as the largest manufacturer of White Elephant will take a painful step. To the Bangkok Post, TMT leaking sack if his side a number of prospective employees who planned mid this month.
December last year, TMT does not extend the contract for 300 workers to save expenditure. In addition, global demand also declined sharply. "We will review the program in this sunday and will find the export market," said Ninnart Chaithirapinyo, Vice Chairman of TMT to the Bangkok Post.
