Toyota Motor Corporation said today that it is suspending production for the balance of May and in June at 16 lines in 10 plants – out of 28 lines in 14 plants – in Japan.
“We at Toyota would like to again apologize for the repeated adjustments to our production plans due to the parts shortage resulting from the spread of COVID-19, and for causing considerable inconvenience to our customers, suppliers, and other parties concerned,” Toyota said.
The global production plan for June is ~850,000 units (250,000 units in Japan and 600,000 units overseas). “Due to the impact of semiconductor shortages, we have adjusted our production plan by tens of thousands of units globally from the number provided to our suppliers at the beginning of the year.”
The average global production plan from June through August is around 850,000 units, and 9.7 million units for the full period of fiscal year 2023. “The shortage of semiconductors, spread of COVID-19 and other factors are making it difficult to look ahead, but we will continue to make every effort possible to deliver as many vehicles as possible to our customers at the earliest date,” said Toyota.
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“Due to the impact of the lock-down in Shanghai, we have further decided to suspend operations at some of our domestic plants for the week of June 6 (Monday).
The number of units affected by this additional suspension is approximately 50,000 units. As a result of this review, the global production plan for June is expected to be approximately 800,000 units (approx. 200,000 units in Japan and approx. 600,000 units overseas).” Toyota statement27 May 2022