Japan
Export Volume
Toyota vehicles were exported on a small scale until the mid-1950s, with trucks comprising the majority of vehicles exported. By the 1960s, however, exports of passenger cars had grown rapidly, boosted by a burgeoning popularity among overseas customers for redesigned Corona, Corolla, and other models.
While exports were temporarily set back by the oil crises and other events of the 1970s, they steadily expanded until the early 1980s on growing demand for automobiles in overseas markets.
Influenced in the 1980s by heightened friction in U.S.-Japan trade relations and sudden depreciation of the dollar against the yen as a result of the Plaza Accord, Toyota gradually started to move production overseas. Consequently, after reaching their peak at 1.98 million units in 1985, exports entered a period of continuous decline, falling to nearly 1.20 million units by 1995.
During the second half of the 1990s and thereafter, exports rose steadily again, this time backed by robust global economic growth. Exported vehicles reached their record high in 2007 at over 2.66 million units, but declined to 1.57 million units by 2010 as a result of the 2008-2009 global recession.
1936-1965
Unit=one vehicle or percentage
Year
|
Passenger cars
|
Trucks & buses
|
Total
|
Export ratio
|
Percentage of passenger cars
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1936
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
0.4
|
-
|
1937
|
-
|
883
|
883
|
22.0
|
-
|
1938
|
-
|
278
|
278
|
6.0
|
-
|
1939
|
-
|
809
|
809
|
6.8
|
-
|
1940
|
-
|
1,643
|
1,643
|
11.1
|
-
|
1941
|
-
|
938
|
938
|
6.4
|
-
|
1942
|
-
|
545
|
545
|
3.3
|
-
|
1943
|
-
|
741
|
741
|
7.5
|
-
|
1944
|
-
|
123
|
123
|
1.0
|
-
|
1945
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1946
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1947
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0.1
|
50.0
|
1948
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
0.1
|
25.0
|
1949
|
7
|
183
|
190
|
1.8
|
3.7
|
1950
|
3
|
489
|
492
|
4.2
|
0.6
|
1951
|
-
|
213
|
213
|
1.5
|
-
|
1952
|
-
|
307
|
307
|
2.2
|
-
|
1953
|
-
|
279
|
279
|
1.7
|
-
|
1954
|
1
|
362
|
363
|
1.6
|
0.3
|
1955
|
1
|
280
|
281
|
1.2
|
0.4
|
1956
|
18
|
851
|
869
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
1957
|
301
|
3,816
|
4,117
|
5.2
|
7.3
|
1958
|
1,126
|
4,397
|
5,523
|
7.0
|
20.4
|
1959
|
1,638
|
4,496
|
6,134
|
6.1
|
26.7
|
1960
|
1,810
|
4,587
|
6,397
|
4.1
|
28.3
|
1961
|
3,932
|
7,743
|
11,675
|
5.5
|
33.7
|
1962
|
2,505
|
8,702
|
11,207
|
4.9
|
22.4
|
1963
|
9,318
|
15,061
|
24,379
|
7.7
|
38.2
|
1964
|
17,702
|
25,083
|
42,785
|
10.0
|
41.4
|
1965
|
33,297
|
30,177
|
63,474
|
13.3
|
52.5
|
- Note 1:
- Excludes military demand.
- Note 2:
- Export ratio is units exported as a percentage of units produced.
1966-2011
Unit=one vehicle or percentage
Year
|
Passenger cars
|
Trucks & buses
|
Total
|
Export ratio
|
Percentage of passenger cars
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966
|
70,545
|
34,600
|
105,145
|
17.9
|
67.1
|
1967
|
111,461
|
46,421
|
157,882
|
19.0
|
70.6
|
1968
|
203,169
|
75,918
|
279,087
|
25.4
|
72.8
|
1969
|
287,369
|
107,733
|
395,102
|
26.9
|
72.7
|
1970
|
346,462
|
135,430
|
481,892
|
29.9
|
71.9
|
1971
|
604,923
|
181,364
|
786,287
|
40.2
|
76.9
|
1972
|
555,430
|
169,122
|
724,552
|
34.7
|
76.7
|
1973
|
525,056
|
195,584
|
720,640
|
31.2
|
72.9
|
1974
|
605,433
|
250,832
|
856,265
|
40.5
|
70.7
|
1975
|
612,744
|
255,608
|
868,352
|
37.2
|
70.6
|
1976
|
835,619
|
341,695
|
1,177,314
|
47.3
|
71.0
|
1977
|
968,270
|
444,965
|
1,413,235
|
51.9
|
68.5
|
1978
|
900,366
|
481,808
|
1,382,174
|
47.2
|
65.1
|
1979
|
905,392
|
478,256
|
1,383,648
|
46.2
|
65.4
|
63,880
|
14,630
|
78,510
|
|||
1980
|
1,149,420
|
636,025
|
1,785,445
|
54.2
|
64.4
|
67,800
|
20,110
|
87,910
|
|||
1981
|
1,063,385
|
653,101
|
1,716,486
|
53.3
|
62.0
|
83,940
|
21,920
|
105,860
|
|||
1982
|
1,062,841
|
602,952
|
1,665,793
|
53.0
|
63.8
|
93,260
|
37,100
|
130,360
|
|||
1983
|
1,069,053
|
595,308
|
1,664,361
|
50.9
|
64.2
|
99,180
|
39,480
|
138,660
|
|||
1984
|
1,100,353
|
700,570
|
1,800,923
|
52.5
|
61.1
|
112,997
|
39,270
|
152,267
|
|||
1985
|
1,198,982
|
780,973
|
1,979,955
|
54.0
|
60.6
|
166,200
|
35,820
|
202,020
|
|||
1986
|
1,210,200
|
665,563
|
1,875,763
|
51.2
|
64.5
|
306,280
|
36,960
|
343,240
|
|||
1987
|
1,192,146
|
578,791
|
1,770,937
|
48.7
|
67.3
|
273,070
|
55,160
|
328,230
|
|||
1988
|
1,231,906
|
583,815
|
1,815,721
|
45.8
|
67.8
|
262,150
|
56,730
|
318,880
|
|||
1989
|
1,139,680
|
529,450
|
1,669,130
|
42.0
|
68.3
|
525,648
|
115,104
|
640,752
|
|||
1990
|
1,215,519
|
461,608
|
1,677,127
|
39.8
|
72.5
|
633,026
|
165,113
|
798,139
|
|||
1991
|
1,223,917
|
479,672
|
1,703,589
|
41.7
|
71.8
|
611,779
|
170,200
|
781,979
|
|||
1992
|
1,269,152
|
429,084
|
1,698,236
|
43.2
|
74.7
|
621,313
|
233,207
|
854,520
|
|||
1993
|
1,132,739
|
406,266
|
1,539,005
|
43.2
|
73.6
|
718,345
|
260,658
|
979,003
|
|||
1994
|
1,036,558
|
467,914
|
1,504,472
|
42.9
|
68.9
|
882,547
|
311,069
|
1,193,616
|
|||
1995
|
879,658
|
322,762
|
1,202,420
|
37.9
|
73.2
|
991,239
|
392,931
|
1,384,170
|
|||
1996
|
968,578
|
308,084
|
1,276,662
|
37.4
|
75.9
|
1,056,872
|
366,541
|
1,423,413
|
|||
1997
|
1,160,213
|
334,095
|
1,494,308
|
42.7
|
77.6
|
1,195,475
|
271,188
|
1,466,663
|
|||
1998
|
1,173,936
|
288,840
|
1,462,776
|
46.2
|
80.3
|
1,283,227
|
239,369
|
1,522,596
|
|||
1999
|
1,311,503
|
236,538
|
1,548,041
|
49.6
|
84.7
|
1,343,423
|
330,871
|
1,674,294
|
|||
2000
|
1,446,778
|
259,430
|
1,706,208
|
49.8
|
84.8
|
1,458,890
|
373,318
|
1,832,208
|
|||
2001
|
1,416,469
|
249,250
|
1,665,719
|
49.7
|
85.0
|
1,485,856
|
372,190
|
1,858,046
|
|||
2002
|
1,534,850
|
281,931
|
1,816,781
|
52.1
|
84.5
|
1,843,501
|
415,493
|
2,258,994
|
|||
2003
|
1,562,456
|
273,540
|
1,835,996
|
52.2
|
85.1
|
2,287,132
|
433,077
|
2,720,209
|
|||
2004
|
1,656,178
|
295,563
|
1,951,741
|
53.0
|
84.9
|
2,638,159
|
495,449
|
3,133,608
|
|||
2005
|
1,792,116
|
251,129
|
2,043,245
|
53.9
|
87.7
|
2,782,512
|
766,220
|
3,548,732
|
|||
2006
|
2,334,746
|
194,544
|
2,529,290
|
60.3
|
92.3
|
2,973,409
|
868,413
|
3,841,822
|
|||
2007
|
2,452,752
|
213,712
|
2,666,464
|
63.1
|
92.0
|
3,175,709
|
1,024,814
|
4,200,523
|
|||
2008
|
2,347,960
|
238,378
|
2,586,338
|
64.5
|
90.8
|
3,122,440
|
863,715
|
3,986,155
|
|||
2009
|
1,303,365
|
141,393
|
1,444,758
|
51.7
|
90.2
|
2,776,454
|
663,967
|
3,440,421
|
|||
2010
|
1,572,538
|
172,500
|
1,745,038
|
53.2
|
90.1
|
3,219,248
|
891,542
|
4,110,790
|
|||
2011
|
1,395,124
|
173,817
|
1,568,941
|
56.8
|
88.9
|
3,208,756
|
822,049
|
4,030,805
|
Source:
1. APPENDICES, TOYOTA A HISTORY OF THE FIRST 50 YEARS (for the data before 1966)
2. Publications from the Automotive Industrial Association and the Japan Small Vehicle Manufactures Association (for the data in 1966)
3. Publications from the Japan Automotive Manufactures Association (for the data after 1966)
- Note1 :
- Export ratio is units exported as a percentage of units produced.
- Note2 :
- Units include both Toyota and Lexus sales
- Note3 :
- The bottom figure in years after 1978 is the number of knockdown kits exported separately from CBU vehicles (KD kits are less than 60% the price of assembled vehicles and are handled as components).