The company said its global sales had risen 8% in July from the same month a year earlier to a record 859,506 vehicles. It also reported a 15% increase in global production in that month.
The automaker has now posted year-on-year increases in global sales for six straight months, and production increases for seven, highlighting its recovery from last year's supply chain snarlups and COVID-19 containment measures.Sales in China fell 15% in July, contrasting with stronger sales in Japan, the United States and Europe. Domestic sales rose 35% and those in the U.S. increased by 8%.
Numbers for August - which will not be available until next month - are likely to be hit by Tuesday's output suspension. Toyota's global production is likely to reach around 10.2 million vehicles this year, topping 10 million for the first time, Nikkei reported late on Wednesday. Toyota declined to comment on the projection.the cause of Tuesday's plant malfunction, but has said it was not due to a cyber attack.
Reporting by Maki Shiraki and Daniel Leussink; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Christopher Cushing and David Holmes
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