Mitsubishi Regional Sales & Production : 2012-16

This article compares production and sales by region and it throws up some interesting stuff.

Production: Mitsubishi has been reducing the plants it makes vehicles in. It was no doubt good for the bottom line. 98.5% of manufacturing is done in Asia. it always has had a heavy leaning that way, now it's the total for all intents and purposes.

Region	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Japan	531,471	652,966	648,595	637,079	484,428
Asia	435,048	429,850	452,911	471,358	527,299
Latin Amer	15,000	23,898	34,532	31,916	40,260
Nth America		38,186	61,974	69,766	47,837
Europe		3,049	8,230	6,366	13,522
ME / Africa			118	1,920
Grand Total	981,519	1,147,949	1,206,360	1,218,405	1,113,346
Japan	54.1%	56.9%	53.8%	52.3%	43.5%
Asia	44.3%	37.4%	37.5%	38.7%	47.4%
Latin Amer	1.5%	2.1%	2.9%	2.6%	3.6%
Nth America		3.3%	5.1%	5.7%	4.3%
Europe		0.3%	0.7%	0.5%	1.2%
ME / Africa			0.0%	0.2%

Sales: In its home nation, Mitsubishi is very small. It contributes well under than 10% of the total. The rest of Asia is about a third of what's sold. The production volume is consistently higher than sales, showing that some production is for other companies.

Region	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Asia	314,852	321,992	344,174	343,756	357,438
Europe	179,319	206,142	227,289	201,579	180,901
Nth America	138,286	135,170	116,897	96,988	84,718
Oceania	83,332	81,574	78,804	76,623	64,027
Japan	79,775	101,924	114,774	143,212	134,021
ME / Africa	70,900	126,648	106,841	81,432	70,854
Latin Amer	59,926	74,878	101,061	103,420	95,407
Grand Total	926,390	1,048,328	1,089,840	1,047,010	987,366
Asia	34.0%	30.7%	31.6%	32.8%	36.2%
Europe	19.4%	19.7%	20.9%	19.3%	18.3%
Nth America	14.9%	12.9%	10.7%	9.3%	8.6%
Oceania	9.0%	7.8%	7.2%	7.3%	6.5%
Japan	8.6%	9.7%	10.5%	13.7%	13.6%
ME / Africa	7.7%	12.1%	9.8%	7.8%	7.2%
Latin Amer	6.5%	7.1%	9.3%	9.9%	9.7%

Data source: MMC.

Picture source: Netcarshow.