Japan earthquake with a Japanese auto parts procurement seismic impact on the global automotive industry have been continuously increasing. As key components, such as the shortage of computer chips, two, three or even four parts supplier has been hit hard and other reasons, the Japanese domestic car companies resume production difficulties, and other multinational auto manufacturers have cut production.

    After the earthquake in Japan, direct or indirect damage by disasters, and the subsequent impact of electricity shortages, insufficient supply of auto parts imported from Japan, resulting in global production of Japanese auto companies lower. China, as automobile production and consumption power, the Japanese import parts and components in greater demand, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, three Japanese car companies are China's automotive market is an important strength to the three companies represented by the Japanese car market share of nearly 20%. Japanese vehicle production cuts, more than two months on the chain of the impact of the automobile industry more and more apparent.

    At present, the localization rate of Japanese brand vehicles in 60% to 70%, but there are still some parts need to import from Japan. China Automobile Industry Association executive vice president Dong Yang told reporters, according to the Automobile Association of understanding of the situation, there have been some parts supply crisis.

    Japan, the Japanese earthquake cut car prices, the market could not escape the harmful materials. As the steel industry chain downstream businesses, the automotive industry slowdown factors, management is very grim. Baosteel occupy the domestic steel market more than 50% car share, so the influence is relatively large, in May, Baosteel cold rolled steel price per ton has been reduced 300.

    Recently, Toyota announced that it will gradually resume production from July to November-December when the return to normal production levels. Honda, while essentially all of the factories and production lines have all completed the repair and restoration work, but some problems still exist in the supply of spare parts, such as computer chips. Currently, Honda in the domestic production to meet about half of the production load, by adjusting the number of stock Honda parts to maintain production.

    After the comprehensive assessment of parts suppliers in China in early June of each vehicle after the factory in order to return to normal production levels. "Toyota spokesman cattle in China Yu said.

    JDPower Zengzhi Ling, director of Asia-Pacific market forecast that "although the manufacturer can restore the factory production, but can not be completely restored. Such as the original production of two classes of 23 hours, and now two classes of production may be only 16 hours, and is only restored Qi Cheng capacity. "

    In the Toyota factories in China may resume production in June the same time, Toyota North America, Australia, Europe, Thailand and other global production capacity will also be other plants in June returned to normal.

    Honda has also said that its parts supply is accelerating recovery.