The impact of the earthquake on the supply chain began to show Toyota's US plant to stop overtime

According to foreign media reports, Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan has already cancelled its factory overtime in the United States. This is because the recent outbreak of a massive earthquake in Japan has affected Toyota's local parts production. Toyota's US plant still needs to import from Japan. Parts to maintain production.

Toyota wants to export to the United States before the earthquake

According to reports, this is the first time that the impact of the earthquake in Japan on the US auto industry has been revealed. It was previously reported by the media that the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Japan on the 11th is unlikely to have an immediate impact on Japanese auto makers' business in the United States. Although Toyota sells most of its cars in the United States from local factories, it still relies on imported parts from Japan.

Toyota United States company spokesman Javier Moreno said: “It is still too early to determine the impact of the earthquake on the US auto industry, but it is certain that the earthquake will have a certain impact on the supply of spare parts.” He also said that if Toyota U.S. factories continue to operate at full capacity and there will be an immediate shortage of spare parts.

It is understood that Japanese automakers such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda and Suzuki have already closed down parts factories located in Japan, and the production time is not uniform, ranging from three days to one week.

In addition, another impact of the earthquake on the US automotive industry will be the shortage of Japanese luxury car supply. Japanese luxury cars in the US market rely mainly on imports.