ASEAN: 4 countries, car sales in August: positive for 4 consecutive months
-A 26.5% decrease from the previous year has been positive for 4 consecutive months from the previous month-
November 04, 2020
4 major ASEAN countries: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam
Sales in 4 countries in August: (See Appendix Table 1)
Calculated from automobile statistics (Note) of each country.
Sales in four countries in August decreased by 26.5% from the same month of the previous year to 178,561 units.
The year-on-year rate is still negative.
It has been recovering for 4 consecutive months from a 79.6% decrease in April.
Exceeded 177,535 units in March (see attached figure)
The total sales volume of the four major ASEAN countries from January to August was 1,211,048 units, down 37.5% from the same period of the previous year.
Malaysia:
The year-on-year rate of increase has increased for the third consecutive month.
Thailand and Indonesia: Exports
The total number of automobile exports in August decreased by 39.3% from the same month of the previous year to 71,596 units.
Ministry of Commerce of Thailand: Passenger car export value
For Australia: 4.2 billion baht, down 57.4% year-on-year
For Japan: 4.1 billion baht, 5.5 times the same month last year
For China: 3.7 billion baht, 4.9 times the same month last year
Sales to Japan and China increased significantly.
Indonesia:
It has recovered from a 76.0% decrease in May from the same month of the previous year.
In August, it decreased by 8.2 points from the previous month to 14,194 units, down 61.1%.
4 ASEAN countries: August production
August production recovered to 40% year-on-year decrease.
It decreased by 39.4% from the same month of the previous year to 219,865 units.
Thailand :
Production has been gradually recovering since April.
In August, it decreased by 29.5% to 117,253 units, exceeding 100,000 units for the first time since March.
Indonesia:
In August, due to the effects of large-scale social restrictions, it continued to decrease by 70% from the same month of the previous year.
(Note) Source of statistics
Car sales:
Thailand is Toyota Motor Thailand,
Indonesia Automobile Manufacturers Association (GAIKINDO),
Malaysia Automobile Federation (MAA),
Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA)
Car exports:
Thai Automobile Industry Federation (FTI),
Indonesia GAIKINDO.
Car production:
Thailand is FTI,
Indonesia GAIKINDO,
Malaysia is MAA,
Vietnam Statistics Bureau
–JETRO
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