Nissan will reduce production at its Kyushu plant in Japan by 1,200 vehicles per month, due to excess stock resulting from a decline in exports to the Middle East region.
The company is making “the necessary adjustments” to production and logistics to adapt to the consequences of the war in the Middle East, which is affecting maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world’s key transit routes for goods and oil.
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At present, several companies are waiting to make decisions related to the conflict, expecting to find out how long the war may last and what its commercial consequences will be.
Nissan thus joins other Japanese brands, such as Toyota, which opted in early March to cut its production by 40,000 units between March and April for models manufactured for the Middle East market.
