Hyundai Worldwide Production By Nation : 2012

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Hyundai has a surprisingly narrow number of nations it makes cars in considering its size. Perhaps its lack of a long history has been the reason. It's Korean percentage has been steadily falling, which should happen.

In total, Hyundai's share of worldwide production went up slightly from 5.3 to 5.4%. The biggest growth was Russia (+61%) and the Czech Rep (+21%). Hyundai makes cars in China, India and now Brazil to avoid stiff import duties as it cannot afford not to be a major player in such large and growing markets.

It will be interesting to see if the company can continue to grow, as outmuscling those makes above it won't be easy. I don't personally find the brand particularly desirable.

11	12		2011	Shr	2012	Shr
1	1	Korea	1,829,660	45.6%	1,846,831	42.5%
2	2	China	743,888	18.5%	855,307	19.7%
3	3	India	619,785	15.4%	638,775	14.7%
4	4	USA	338,127	8.4%	361,348	8.3%
5	5	Czech Rep	251,146	6.3%	303,035	7.0%
6	6	Russia	138,987	3.5%	224,420	5.2%
7	7	Turkey	90,231	2.2%	87,008	2.0%
-	8	Brazil			27,424	0.6%
		Total	4,011,824	5.3%	4,344,148	5.4%

Data source: OICA