Japan's earthquake on the impact of 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.

    Affected by the earthquake, Toyota will have all of China's vehicle and parts plants to adjust production plans, in which vehicle the factory operating rate was adjusted to the usual 50%, in extreme cases may be reduced to 30%, Toyota in Japan in March Domestic vehicle production was 12.95 million units, compared with 62.7% same period last year, the highest since 1976, the lowest monthly.

    About 30,000 car parts, many major automobile manufacturers to provide spare parts manufacturer, a part is not in place, cars are not assembled. Supporting parts in place, and the resumption of production difficulties, internal injuries refractory.

    Toyota and Honda in March overseas car production also decreased by 3.1% and 3.2%. Because of the shortage of parts and components may continue to spread to overseas factories, the two companies overseas production in April were an even greater reduction.

    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.

    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.

    Auto industry executives and industry experts said that although affected by the earthquake, the global car companies are not likely to reduce the procurement from Japan. Parts of Japan, especially in the production of high-tech edge in terms of components, which in other places is not easy to achieve. But in recent years as the yen appreciation and higher costs of production, the Japanese and other auto makers have been found in other areas of alternative parts sources.

    As Japan's earthquake and tsunami caused by a chain of supply-chain storage devices to push the price of an important, global semiconductor revenue in 2011 is expected to reach 325.2 billion U.S. dollars, the growth rate is expected to reach 7%; the previous 320.1 billion U.S. dollars and is expected to only 5.8% .

    After the strong earthquake in Japan, originally planned to gradually resume production after a month of many electronics manufacturers in April once again frustrated in several aftershocks, Renesas, Elpida, Nikon, Sharp and many other Japanese company's plant in the earthquake zone was forced to stop production or reduce production, and recovery time until May at the earliest. As Japan's earthquake and tsunamis on the continuing impact of the supply chain-related research institutions have raised global semiconductor revenue is expected in 2011, but it is difficult to learn Chinese semiconductor manufacturers and cup soup. Domestic manufacturers can not be replaced temporarily link with South Korea and other country's producers is difficult to share with cake orders for the transfer; the contrary, the local small and medium scale manufacturers in the procurement of raw materials are more likely to experience temporary shortages.

    Honda Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd. Takanobu Ito president also talked about the key components of the vehicle plant constraints, such as computer microprocessor chip, which is mainly assembled in the control engine, the air bag computer, the chip production line in the earthquake been damaged, there is not a definite time plan. Now Honda has joined Toyota, Nissan, along with the factory for production of semiconductor chips for assistance.