日韓中自動車産業の国際競争力
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This paper aims to analyze the international competitiveness of Japanese, Korean and Chinese automobile industries compared to those in Western countries. Analyzing in detail the publicly available statistics on production, sales and import/export that are published by each Automobile Manufacturer Association, we try to clarify the competitiveness of each country and the differences among them. We analyze the global competitiveness of these three countries' automobile industries considering not only domestic production but also overseas production and exports.Our conclusions are as follows. Firstly, from a viewpoint of the global competitiveness, Japan and Korea are different from China. Japanese and Korean automobile industries have high competitiveness, while Chinese does not. Chinese manufacturers are excessively dependent on Chinese domestic market, and are very weak in terms of exports and overseas production.Secondly, the global competitiveness of Japanese and Korean automobile industries has been generated from the large size of their home market and their high market share there; both countries have a relatively low percentage of imports in their home market. The number of sales and the total vehicle population in Japanese and Korean home markets are comparable to those in major European countries. Japan and Korea use their domestic market as a springboard to penetrate the global market. Moreover, they are very strong in the area of exports. Therefore, with high domestic sales accompanied by a large number of exports, they can enjoy economies of scale. At the same time, they have overseas production bases notably in US and BRIC markets, with secure sales and a strong market share in those locations.Thirdly, though China is the biggest automobile country in terms of "Producer Country Base", Around half of the automobile market in China is occupied by foreign manufacturers due to the relatively weak technology development capability of the Chinese manufacturers.