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Table 1-19. World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries (Thousands)

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	Passenger cars^a
	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Argentina	78	193	139	114	338	227	269	366	353
Australia	182	393	352	269	323	314	303	320	350
Austria	8	1	7	14	45	59	97	98	91
Belgium	N	279	216	253	409	386	368	356	319
Brazil	98	342	406	705	1,248	1,297	1,459	1,680	1,244
Canada	328	1,083	803	1,060	1,214	1,337	1,279	1,374	1,122
China	N	N	N	81	250	321	382	482	507
Czech Republic^c	59	149	181	173	174	208	263	321	368
France	988	2,694	2,612	3,188	3,175	3,051	3,148	2,259	2,603
Germany	1,802	3,829	3,758	4,677	4,094	4,360	4,540	4,678	5,348
India	22	42	42	179	237	330	396	410	384
Italy	694	1,701	1,257	1,633	1,341	1,422	1,318	1,563	1,402
Japan	250	3,718	6,974	9,753	7,802	7,611	7,864	8,491	8,056
South Korea	N	N	69	1,158	1,806	2,003	2,265	2,308	1,625
Malaysia	N	N	N	102	137	164	176	280	126
Mexico	N	154	355	720	857	699	798	855	953
Netherlands	13	78	78	85	92	100	145	197	243
Poland	14	86	248	168	349	347	353	295	460
Portugal	N	N	N	N	38	41	119	186	181
Romania	N	N	N	84	85	71	76	108	104
Russia	149	518	1,324	1,308	796	838	868	982	U
Spain	55	453	855	1,943	1,974	2,131	2,213	2,342	2,217
Sweden	110	287	258	269	353	388	368	376	368
Taiwan	N	N	N	266	291	282	265	268	293
Turkey	N	13	25	196	213	233	208	243	U
United Kingdom	1,004	1,742	955	1,237	1,467	1,532	1,686	1,698	1,748
United States	5,522	8,584	6,253	5,439	6,614	6,351	6,083	5,927	5,554
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	15	114	240	213	8	8	9	11	U
Total world	11,391	26,453	27,407	35,287	^R35,730	36,111	37,318	38,474	37,286
US % of world	48%	32%	23%	15%	19%	18%	16%	15%	15%

Table 1-19 (continued). World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries (Thousands)

	Commercial vehicles^b
	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Argentina	58	60	33	25	70	59	44	80	105
Australia	49	77	40	15	31	17	19	29	34
Austria	5	6	8	6	3	9	9	10	12
Belgium	1	17	41	84	70	82	69	74	87
Brazil	47	174	374	255	334	332	346	388	329
Canada	63	277	520	829	1,106	1,071	1,118	1,198	1,050
China	N	N	N	628	1,103	1,114	1,084	1,096	1,121
Czech Republic^c	17	28	49	29	6	8	9	47	42
France	217	316	408	423	383	424	443	322	351
Germany	411	312	358	358	262	307	303	345	379
India	32	47	107	176	238	306	366	336	129
Italy	65	116	176	245	194	245	227	254	290
Japan	789	2,093	4,206	3,492	2,752	2,585	2,482	2,484	1,994
South Korea	N	N	65	340	506	523	548	510	329
Malaysia	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	7
Mexico	N	57	242	269	266	236	422	503	500
Netherlands	6	13	12	26	23	32	19	20	28
Poland	22	60	60	25	16	34	48	27	39
Portugal	N	N	N	26	87	16	13	81	90
Romania	N	N	N	10	5	22	23	21	23
Russia	406	612	874	744	206	156	136	192	U
Spain	20	79	132	139	168	203	199	220	609
Sweden	22	30	55	75	82	102	95	104	114
Taiwan	N	N	N	116	132	124	101	113	112
Turkey	N	12	22	46	31	49	69	102	U
United Kingdom	443	456	230	217	228	233	238	238	233
United States	1,131	2,088	1,690	3,372	5,649	5,635	5,716	6,192	6,452
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	5	18	27	26	2	2	1	2	U
Total world	3,809	6,948	9,729	11,996	13,952	13,926	14,147	14,988	14,811
US % of world	30%	30%	17%	28%	40%	40%	40%	41%	44%

Table 1-19 (continued). World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries (Thousands)

	Total
	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Argentina	136	253	172	139	409	286	313	446	458
Australia	231	470	392	284	354	331	322	349	384
Austria	13	7	15	20	48	68	106	108	103
Belgium	1	296	257	337	479	468	437	430	406
Brazil	145	516	780	960	1,582	1,629	1,805	2,067	1,573
Canada	391	1,360	1,323	1,889	2,320	2,408	2,397	2,571	2,173
China	N	N	N	709	1,353	1,435	1,466	1,578	1,628
Czech Republic^c	76	177	230	202	180	216	272	369	411
France	1,205	3,010	3,020	3,611	3,558	3,475	3,591	2,581	2,954
Germany	2,213	4,141	4,116	5,035	4,356	4,667	4,843	5,023	5,727
India	54	89	149	355	475	636	762	746	513
Italy	759	1,817	1,433	1,878	1,534	1,667	1,545	1,817	1,693
Japan	1,039	5,811	11,180	13,245	10,554	10,196	10,346	10,975	10,050
South Korea	N	N	134	1,498	2,312	2,526	2,813	2,818	1,954
Malaysia	N	N	N	102	137	164	176	280	134
Mexico	N	211	597	989	1,123	935	1,220	1,358	1,453
Netherlands	19	91	90	111	115	132	164	218	271
Poland	36	146	308	193	365	381	401	322	499
Portugal	N	N	N	26	125	57	132	267	271
Romania	N	N	N	94	90	93	99	129	127
Russia	555	1,130	2,198	2,052	1,002	994	1,004	1,174	U
Spain	75	532	987	2,082	2,142	2,334	2,412	2,562	2,826
Sweden	132	317	313	344	435	490	463	480	483
Taiwan	N	N	N	382	423	406	366	381	405
Turkey	N	25	47	242	244	282	277	344	U
United Kingdom	1,447	2,198	1,185	1,454	1,695	1,765	1,924	1,936	1,981
United States	6,653	10,672	7,943	8,811	12,263	11,986	11,799	12,119	12,006
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	20	132	267	239	9	10	10	14	U
Total world	15,200	33,401	37,136	47,283	49,681	50,037	51,465	53,463	52,098
US % of world	44%	32%	21%	19%	25%	24%	23%	23%	23%

^a Does not include minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles.
^b Includes all trucks and buses. Light trucks, such as pickups, sport utility vehicles, and minivans are included under commercial vehicles.
^c Formerly Czechoslovakia.

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available

NOTES: Production in this table refers to vehicles locally manufactured. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: Ward's, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures (Southfield, MI: 1999), p. 12.

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