Toyota Dec parent global vehicle output up 2.2 pct, group output up 2.2 pct

TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp said Monday its parent global output in December rose 2.2 percent to 637,678 vehicles from a year earlier, helped by brisk demand outside Japan.
The December increase in output marks the 38th straight monthly rise for the parent company.
For the Toyota group including all its subsidiaries, worldwide output was also up 2.2 percent at 715,763 units in December.
The group figure includes output from Daihatsu Motor Co, a maker of small vehicles, and truck maker Hino Motors.
Toyota holds 51 percent of each of the companies.
The following figures for December are for parent Toyota Motor Corp only:
Domestic vehicle output - down 3.7 percent at 325,673 units
Domestic car output - down 4.2 percent at 297,219 units
Domestic vehicle sales - down 14.7 percent at 93,888 units
Domestic car sales - down 12.7 percent at 84,138 units
Exports - up 3.8 percent at 234,552 units
Overseas output - up 9.1 percent at 312,005 units
Global production - up 2.2 percent at 637,678 units
The following figures for December are for the entire Toyota group:
Domestic vehicle output - down 3.2 percent at 396,365 units
Domestic car output - down 4.7 percent at 347,289 units
Domestic vehicle sales - down 14.6 percent at 137,632 units
Domestic car sales - down 13.3 percent at 116,172 units
Exports - up 6.3 percent at 257,307 units
Overseas output - up 9.7 percent at 319,398 units
Global production - up 2.2 percent at 715,763 units
The following figures are for full-year 2007, for parent Toyota Motor Corp only:
Domestic vehicle output - up 0.8 percent at 4.226 million units
Domestic vehicle sales - down 6.2 percent at 1.587 million units
Exports - up 5.4 percent at 2.666 million units
Overseas output - up 10.5 percent at 4.309 million units
Global production - up 5.5 percent at 8.535 million units
The following figures are for full-year 2007, for the entire Toyota group:
Domestic vehicle output - up 0.7 percent at 5.120 million units
Domestic vehicle sales - down 4.5 percent at 2.262 million units
Exports - up 6.1 percent at 2.879 million units
Overseas output - up 11.3 percent at 4.378 million units
Global production - up 5.3 percent at 9.498 million units
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