© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An indication is seen exterior a Tianjin Faw Toyota Motor Co. Ltd showroom, a three way partnership between China’s Tianjin FAW Xiali Vehicle Co Ltd and Japan’s automaker Toyota Motor Corp, in central Beijing October 9, 2012. REUTERS/David Grey/File Picture
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SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (NYSE:) has halted manufacturing on some ageing traces at three way partnership in China whereas operations proceed as regular, the Japanese automaker stated on Saturday after a media report that it was partially suspending manufacturing as a result of weak gross sales.
The manufacturing halt on the Tianjin enterprise with China’s FAW was a deliberate transfer, and Toyota is adjusting manufacturing every day primarily based on modifications in car composition, a spokesperson stated by e-mail.
The e-mail didn’t particularly handle the Friday report by Japan’s Jiji information service that the world’s largest automaker by gross sales was suspending some manufacturing as a part of a serious manufacturing adjustment in response to weak gross sales of gasoline-engine vehicles.
The spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to follow-up requests for remark. A FAW consultant didn’t reply to a request for touch upon the Jiji report.
Reuters reported final month that Toyota had informed sellers it will lengthen a plan to scale back output on the FAW enterprise.
Slowing gross sales pose a rising problem to Toyota in China which accounted for practically a fifth of Toyota’s worldwide gross sales of about 8.5 million autos over the primary 10 months of the yr, together with gross sales of its luxurious Lexus model.
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