Benang Tsunami Jepun Batters industri auto masih akan Retut dari kemelesetan

Ia boleh mengambil minggu untuk menentukan tol manusia yang tepat yang disebabkan oleh tsunami yang hancur swaths besar di timur laut Jepun. Di sesetengah kawasan, beribu-ribu orang kekal tidak diambilkira dan, membuat perkara yang lebih teruk, ancaman nuklear mencairkan di loji Fukushima i telah mencetuskan kebimbangan bencana alam sekitar di ufuk.

Industri automotif, masih lagi dari kemelesetan ekonomi global, juga telah terkena keras. Banyak loji telah ditutup, sama ada disebabkan oleh kerosakan yang disebabkan secara langsung oleh 8. 9 gempa bumi magnitud dan tsunami berikutnya, atau kerana Rolling blackouts dan kekurangan infrastruktur sebagai usaha bantuan perjuangan untuk menghadapi bencana.

Walaupun banyak pengeluar Jepun mempunyai kilang di Amerika Syarikat, sesetengah model (seperti Toyota Prius dan Honda Fit) dibina hanya di Jepun. Wakil jualan di Amerika Utara dan seluruh dunia boleh menghadapi kekurangan yang teruk kenderaan baru dan alat ganti untuk minggu atau bulan akan datang.

Toyota telah menutup 12 tumbuh-tumbuhan sehingga Mac 16, mengikut Bloomberg Berita. Keuntungan Syarikat akan dipotong $72,000,000 untuk setiap hari operasi hilang di Jepun-walaupun kerugian kewangan kelihatan remeh di tengah-tengah tragedi yang sangat besar.

Bercakap dengan The New York times, Cordy Cerami, pengurus besar di infiniti dari Montclair, sebuah kapal wakil di luar Los Angeles, berkata keadaan ini kekal tidak jelas sama ada loji kereta dan pembekal masih beroperasi.

Walaupun bencana ini boleh memberi kesan yang besar terhadap perniagaannya, Mr Cerami berkata kebimbangan itu kekal untuk rakyat Jepun pertama dan paling utama.

It could take weeks to determine the exact human toll caused by the tsunami that devastated huge swaths of north-eastern Japan. In some regions, thousands of people remain unaccounted for and, making matters even worse, the threat of a nuclear melt-down at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has triggered fears of a further environmental disaster on the horizon.

Japans automotive industry, still reeling from the global recession, has also been hard hit. Numerous plants have been closed, either due to damage caused directly by the 8. 9 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami, or because of rolling blackouts and a lack of infrastructure as relief efforts struggle to cope with the disaster.

While many Japanese automakers have factories in the U. S. , some models (like the Toyota Prius and Honda Fit) are built only in Japan. Dealerships in North America and throughout the world could face a severe shortage of new vehicles and spare parts for weeks or months to come.

Toyota has closed 12 plants until March 16, according to Bloomberg news. The companys profit will be cut $72 million for each day of lost operations in Japan – though financial losses currently seem trivial in the midst of such an enormous tragedy.

Speaking with The New York Times, Cordy Cerami, the general manager at Infiniti of Montclair, a dealership outside Los Angeles, said the situation remained unclear whether car plants and those of suppliers were still operational.

While the disaster could have a major impact on his business, Mr. Cerami said that concern remains for the people of Japan first and foremost.