Toyota group company CFO casts doubt on automaker's output goal
Reuters
Published Jul 29, 2022 11:24
Updated Jul 29, 2022 12:56
TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Tsusho Corp, part of the Toyota group, does not expect Toyota Motor Corp to meet its target to produce a record 9.7 million vehicles worldwide this business year, an executive at the trading firm said on Friday.
The comment is likely to add to speculation among analysts and investors that the world's biggest automaker will have to slash its production goal for the year to March 2023.
Hideyuki Iwamoto, chief financial officer (CFO) at Toyota Tsusho Corp, told an earnings news conference he expected Toyota Motor's production to come in below target based on the automaker's monthly production results and unofficial announcements on future output.
"We haven't received an unofficial announcement showing (Toyota Motor) can produce 9.7 million, so we are being a little conservative with our estimate while looking at the unofficial announcements we have received," Iwamoto said.
A Toyota spokesperson said it has not changed its full-year production goal, declining to comment further.
The Japanese automaker has repeatedly cut back output because of global semiconductor shortages and COVID-19 lockdowns in China that have thrown supply chains into disarray.
On Thursday Toyota Motor said output for the April-June quarter had fallen 10% short of its initial plan.
It said on Friday that output would be cut by 5,200 vehicles owing to heavy rains in its home prefecture of Aichi and the surrounding area, which disrupted auto parts procurement.
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