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SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 7
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Automobile sales volume in India in scal 2011 grew by 4.3% year-on-year to 2,629,000 units. The increase was small owing
partly to a hike in the interest rate on automobile loans and partly to rising petrol prices. Sales in China were approximately
at on the year at 18,339,000 units. Sales in the ve key ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines,
and Malaysia) were approximately at on the year at 2,600,000 units. Sales in North America grew by 8% year-on-year to
14,798,000 units. Sales in Europe (the European Union and the European Free Trade Association) declined by 3% year-on-
year to 133,104,000 units owing largely to austerity measures in the eurozone.
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Suzuki’s overseas automobile sales volume in scal 2011 declined by 4% year-on-year to 1,964,000 units. Suzuki’s sales in
India were down year-on-year at 1,006,000 units. The decline was caused partly by the challenges presented by rapid growth
in demand for diesel vehicles. Suzuki’s sales in China were up 2% year-on-year at a record-high 296,000 units. Suzuki’s sales
were up 23% year-on-year at 120,000 units in the ve key ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines,
and Malaysia) and up 20% year-on-year at 99,000 units in Pakistan. By contrast, Suzuki saw its sales in Europe (the European
Union and the European Free Trade Association) decline by 12% year-on-year to 169,000 units and saw its sales in North
America decline by 4% year-on-year to 32,000 units.
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• Cumulative worldwide sales of the Swift (a world strategic model
launched by Suzuki in 2005) reached 2.5 million units in March
2012. Cumulative sales of the Swift outside Japan stood at about 2.2
million units.
• Maruti Suzuki India achieved cumulative sales in India of 10 mil-
lion units in February 2012. In anticipation of further growth in the
Indian automobile market, the company decided to buy land for
construction of a plant in the state of Gujarat.
• Suzuki took steps to enhance its production capacity in the ASEAN
region. The company acquired land for construction of an automo-
bile engine plant in Indonesia (a nation whose automobile and mo-
torcycle markets are growing). The company also decided to build
another automobile plant in Vietnam.
• Suzuki began oering new products. The company began produc-
ing and selling the new Swift in Thailand. It also launched a new,
comprehensively improved Swift DZire (Swift sedan) in India.
Iwata Plant
Multi-purpose vehicle and commercial vehicle assembling
Kosai Plant
Passenger car assembling
Sagara Plant
Passenger car and automobile engines assembling,
foundry of engine components, machining