ASEAN: New car sales in May, down 70% : Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia
ASEAN:
July 10, 2020
JETRO collects from automobile statistics (Note) of each country
4 major ASEAN countries in May (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
May sales results:
The total number of vehicles sold was 67.0, a decrease of 85,500 units from the same month the year before.
Although it picked up from the 48,934 units in April, it remains at one-third the level of the previous year and remains sluggish.
Total from January to May:
It was 727,858 units, down 41.0% from the same period last year.
Malaysia
Malaysia had 22,960 vehicles in May, a significant recovery from 141 in April.
Indonesia
It decreased by 95.8% to 3,551 units, falling below 10,000 units for the second consecutive month.
Car production in the four major ASEAN countries:
Looking at the car production in the four major ASEAN countries,
Compared to the same month of the previous year, the average of May decreased by 60% to 100%,
A total of 70,948 units decreased by 78.9% from the previous year (see attached table 2)
The total for January-May was 1 million 8,004 units, down 39.4% from the same period of the previous year.
(Note) Source of statistics
Car sales
Thailand is Toyota Motor Thailand,
Indonesia is the Automobile Manufacturers Association (GAIKINDO)
Malaysia is the Malaysian Automobile Federation (MAA)
Vietnam is the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA)
Vehicle production
Thailand is the Thai Automotive Industry Federation (FTI),
Indonesia is GAIKINDO,
Malaysia is MAA,
Vietnam is Vietnam Bureau of Statistics
-JETRO
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