New virus prolonged impact on Japanese automakers February 23 6:06
Japanese automakers are gradually resuming production at factories in China over the spread of the new coronavirus, but factories in Hubei Province, such as Wuhan, will be unable to produce for more than a month. The effects are long lasting.
Wuhan is one of the leading cities in the automobile industry in China. According to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), there are about 160 Japanese companies in and around Wuhan, half of which are automobile-related manufacturers.
However, Hubei province's local government, which has severely infected Wuhan, has issued a notice to postpone resuming business until next month.
In response, Honda has postponed the planned resumption of production this week at its Wuhan plant and will resume it as soon as possible after 11th of next month.
Nissan also said that the decision to resume production at the plant in Yangyang, which had been on or after the 24th, will be based on the status of parts procurement.
Initially, these plants were scheduled to resume production early this month, when the major holidays in the spring festival end, but due to the spread of infection, production will be suspended for more than a month.
In addition, since Hino Motors no longer stand the prospect of parts procurement from suppliers located in Hubei Province, this week in the truck factory in Guangzhou, it postponed a planned to have production resumed, the specific time will consider again I am.
The reopening of automobile factories in other regions has been spreading since 17th of this month, but the production is not in full scale, as each company is producing parts while monitoring the procurement situation.
In addition, some parts were imported to Japan from parts manufacturers in Wuhan and other countries, so if this situation continues, production in Japan may be affected.