According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Toyota, a well-known Japanese automaker, announced that it will cut its June production by 100,000 units to about 850,000 units. Among them, Japan is responsible for the production of about 250,000 vehicles, and the rest is produced by overseas factories.

Toyota, however, kept its production plan target for 2022 unchanged at 9.7 million vehicles.

According to the report, the reason for the reduction in production of the automaker is that the uncertainty in the supply of semiconductors and other components caused by the closure of Shanghai and the uncertainty of the global epidemic has disrupted its production plan. As a result, 16 production lines at the company's 10 factories in Japan will also be temporarily suspended between the end of May and the beginning of June for a maximum of five days.

It is understood that among the 10 factories that are about to be shut down, some production lines of the Motomachi factory that produce fuel cell vehicles Mirai, electric vehicles bZ4X and other models will be suspended for 3 days from May 25 to 27.

Toyota emphasized that due to the shortage of chips and the uncertain development of the global epidemic, it is still difficult to predict the future situation.

In addition to Toyota, Suzuki Motor also said a few days ago that due to the global shortage of semiconductors, the Iwata plant in Shizuoka Prefecture suspended production on the 23rd of this month.

According to the results of the latest survey of the Shanghai Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (announced on the 5th) cited by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on the 6th of this month, about 63% of Japanese companies with factories in Shanghai are in a state of “complete shutdown (completely unable to production)”, if it includes companies with “utilization rate (capacity utilization rate) below 30%” (28%), as many as 91% of Japanese companies are almost unable to operate between the end of March and May 4 when Shanghai is closed. status of production.