Nissan Global Production Car/LCV By Nation : 2011-14

The Nissan X-Trail/Rogue going well

Nissan is the 5th largest car brand with 6% of global sales. They are growing nicely and profit is up as well. In 2011 China accounted for 27% of production but is down to 23%, a good sign as too much dependence on China - or indeed any market - is fraught with risk. Within the same time frame the US has increased its contribution to production from just over 12% to nearly 19%. The home market of Nissan has dropped from 23 to 17% of the total cars/LCVs made.

Mexico and the UK are two countries that Nissan sells well in and both have substantial manufacturing numbers. Korean production is due to exporting the Nissan Rogue model, built at the Renault Samsung plant there to improve factory utilisation.

11	12	13	14	Nation	2011	2012	2013	2014	%
1	1	1	1	China	1,237,468	1,161,144	1,247,249	1,175,575	23%
4	4	3	2	USA	562,754	644,695	792,135	947,558	19%
2	2	2	3	Japan	1,061,184	1,112,814	941,630	859,137	17%
3	3	4	4	Mexico	607,087	683,661	680,278	805,967	16%
5	5	5	5	UK	480,517	510,572	501,745	500,238	10%
8	7	6	6	India	126,759	181,764	225,749	223,321	4%
7	8	8	7	Spain	154,752	143,165	131,862	141,102	3%
-	15	12	8	Russia		24	36,370	105,841	2%
6	6	7	9	Thailand	184,503	224,151	187,242	99,833	2%
11	9	9	10	Indonesia	42,462	63,249	53,634	52,639	1%
10	11	11	11	Taiwan	43,304	36,358	40,203	43,411	1%
9	10	10	12	RSA	46,181	52,649	48,258	43,165	1%
12	12	13	13	Brazil	32,367	32,136	27,258	34,088	1%
-	-	-	14	Korea				26,349	1%
-	13	14	15	Egypt		7,031	13,102	16,568	0%
13	14	15	16	Philippines	524	515	1,293	1,230	0%
				Total	4,579,862	4,853,928	4,928,008	5,076,022	6%

Data source: OICA.

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