Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

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  • johnw
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2001
    • 28589

    Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

    Too much fun:

    http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...o-south-korea/


    Live in South Korea? Want to buy an American car?
    Perhaps you should check out the Toyota Camry.
    The Japanese automaker announced today that it will begin exporting Camry’s produced at its Georgetown, Ky., plant to South Korea starting in January.
    Read: The "Most American Car" is Japanese?
    The move was made possible by a recent free trade pact between the United States and South Korea that lowered the tariff on imported cars from 8 to 4 percent, and will eventually wipe it out completely. Automakers are also not required to recertify their [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]vehicles[/COLOR][/COLOR] to meet South Korean safety standards, a costly process, if they are sold in low volumes.
    Toyota expects to deliver just 6,000 Camrys in South Korea annually. It will be the first time that U.S.-built versions of the popular model will be sold outside of North America. Several other Toyota products made in the U.S., including the Tundra pickup truck, are already exported to 19 countries.

    A strong Japanese yen has made it unprofitable to export cars like the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Camry[/COLOR][/COLOR] from Japan. In September Toyota said it would stop shipping Japanese-build Camrys to the U.S., and this past week, Nissan COO Toshiyuki Shiga announced that his company will no longer build cars in Japan that are developed solely for export.
    So now, jobs are being offshored to the U.S.
    On the trailing edge of technology.

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  • leikec
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2009
    • 10993

    #2
    Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

    The Georgetown plant is quite impressive; very clean neat and tidy inside, and automated to the nth degree--I visited in 2006 and then a week later toured Chrysler's Jefferson assembly plant in Detroit and the Lake Orion GM plant.

    Jeff C
    Don’t expect much, and you won’t be disappointed…

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    • Geno
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2011
      • 137

      #3
      Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

      Somehow I am missing the point.
      "Something which threatens your life is a problem, everything else is an inconvenience."

      Paul "Home Run" Richert
      21 January 1966 - 04 November 2005
      Rest in peace Brother

      "The only easy day was yesterday" unknown

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      • purri
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 12954

        #4
        Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

        Originally posted by The Bigfella
        Yep... and with exports of $1.3 trillion per annum, you've been highly reliant on other countries outsourcing jobs to you for a long time. Just imagine the economic chaos at home if that stopped.
        ANd on that note Japan's age demographic could not provide enough workers willing to to work at offshore rates and reduced benefits.

        BTW Oz capital investment in US manufacture is now at $440B and rising.
        Xanthorrea

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        • purri
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 12954

          #5
          Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

          No wukkas. BTW I think the respective o/s OZ and US $ figures ($510B) are ABS sourced from abt 2008. I suspect AUSCAT, Hardies and BHP Billiton projects has bumped that considerably. Bamamick might know of the AUSCAT matter.
          Last edited by purri; 12-06-2011, 10:52 PM.
          Xanthorrea

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          • johnw
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2001
            • 28589

            #6
            Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

            Yes, I think in the long run our demographics are favorable compared to most industrialized countries. And it's not before time that we stepped up the exports, even if 6,000 cars a year is a drop in the ocean. I wonder if they'll be shipping Toyotas from Oz as well.
            On the trailing edge of technology.

            https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-John-L.../dp/B07LC6Y934

            http://www.scribd.com/johnmwatkins/documents

            http://booksellersvsbestsellers.blogspot.com/

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            • johnw
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2001
              • 28589

              #7
              Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

              Originally posted by The Bigfella
              Yes. We ship a lot of Camrys to the Middle East... and they send us some oil. See no bombs needed. (that's a joke John)
              With you, we always wonder!

              Honestly, if they paid us what our bombs cost, we'd be a lot better off than we are dropping them.

              GM has shipped cars here from Oz, as well. I guess if the currencies float, the costs should even out, and it becomes a question of where you've got the plant set up for that particular product. But I have to wonder whether the higher manufacturing costs at the Japanese plants points to a longer-term problem.
              On the trailing edge of technology.

              https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-John-L.../dp/B07LC6Y934

              http://www.scribd.com/johnmwatkins/documents

              http://booksellersvsbestsellers.blogspot.com/

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              • Dan McCosh
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2001
                • 16375

                #8
                Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

                That's 40 jobs.

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                • johnw
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2001
                  • 28589

                  #9
                  Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

                  Originally posted by Dan McCosh
                  That's 40 jobs.
                  For how long, a year?
                  On the trailing edge of technology.

                  https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-John-L.../dp/B07LC6Y934

                  http://www.scribd.com/johnmwatkins/documents

                  http://booksellersvsbestsellers.blogspot.com/

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                  • Dan McCosh
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2001
                    • 16375

                    #10
                    Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

                    Originally posted by johnw
                    For how long, a year?
                    That's roughly the man-hours on the U.S. assembly line to add the 6,000 cars per year to the plant, assuming they aren't merely taking up excess capacity. It's mainly a symbolic gesture, although it is an interesting play on the Korean trade pact.

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                    • johnw
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 28589

                      #11
                      Re: Japanese cars, built in the U.S., to be sold in Korea

                      Originally posted by Dan McCosh
                      That's roughly the man-hours on the U.S. assembly line to add the 6,000 cars per year to the plant, assuming they aren't merely taking up excess capacity. It's mainly a symbolic gesture, although it is an interesting play on the Korean trade pact.
                      Perhaps they want the same deal for Japan, but if they're not shipping the model from Japan to here, maybe there really is a price advantage.
                      On the trailing edge of technology.

                      https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-John-L.../dp/B07LC6Y934

                      http://www.scribd.com/johnmwatkins/documents

                      http://booksellersvsbestsellers.blogspot.com/

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