Toyota Motor Corp. announced next month that it will shut down production lines at all 14 plants in Japan as it cuts production by about 330,000 units at home and abroad.
The suspension period is up to 11 days, and the spread of the new coronavirus infection in Southeast Asia is damaging production activities.
Toyota Motor plans to reduce production by about 330,000 units in Japan and overseas next month due to difficulties in procuring parts in Southeast Asia, where the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread.
As a result of this production cut, the company announced that it will shut down a total of 27 production lines next month at all 14 plants in the country, including group companies.
The outage period ranges from 1 day up to 11 days.
The spread of the new coronavirus infection in Southeast Asia has severely affected the production activities of Toyota and other Japanese automobile manufacturers. We will take measures so that we can deliver the car as soon as possible. "