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Photograph: PR</p> </div> <p></p><p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/toyota">Toyota</a> today revealed it was considering cuts at its factory in Derbyshire as the carmaker announced plans to suspend a production line in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan">Japan</a> for more than a year. It is the first time it has done so in its domestic market and underlines the severity of the downturn in the car industry.</p><p>The Japanese carmaker is scaling down production following the global plunge in sales, with reports suggesting it may cut its capacity by up to 1m vehicles a year.</p><p>Domestic production will be reduced by 220,000 vehicles by the suspension of one of two lines at Toyota's Takaoka plant from next spring until at least the second half of 2011.</p><p>In Britain, a spokeswoman at the Burnaston factory in Derbyshire said the company was considering suspending one of its two production lines there, but added no decision had yet been taken. "We're looking at the best way of meeting production demand," she said. "Moving to building on one line is an option."</p><p>Toyota, which employs 3,560 people at Burnaston, is considering halting a line that makes just the Auris and moving all production onto another line that builds Auris and Avensis models. If this happens, most workers on the Auris line would transfer to the other one.</p><p>A Toyota spokesman in Japan said: "Apart from the Takaoka plant, no decisions have been taken. We are confident that by the time the Takaoka plant reopens, the global car market will have started to recover."</p><p>Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, is in the midst of a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/25/toyota-automotive-industry" title="cost-cutting regime">cost-cutting regime</a> imposed by its new president, Akio Toyoda. The group suffered its <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/12/toyota-automotive-industry" title="first ever losses">first-ever losses</a> last year and has forecast net losses of ¥450bn (£2.9bn) this year.</p><p>Although the firm has the capacity to make about 10m vehicles a year, it expects total output to reach 6.68m in 2009, well down on the 9.24m vehicles it produced last year.</p><p>Toyota said it would decide later this month whether to pull out of a joint venture with General Motors in California, a move that would reduce production by another 300,000 vehicles.</p><p>"The production cut [in Japan] is positive for its earnings, but there is room for further capacity cuts in the United States and elsewhere," said Yoshifumi Tabei, an analyst at Kazaka Securities.</p><p>The plight of Japan's manufacturers was underlined by data showing that its fledgling economic recovery may already be running out of steam. Japan's exports fell at a faster annual rate in July than in June, marking the 10th consecutive month of decline, the finance ministry said.</p><p>Exports last month were down 36.5% from a year earlier with car shipments down more than 50%. Exporters were also hit by the yen's recent advance against the dollar.</p><p>Weak global demand for cars and consumer electronics pushed exports to China down by 26.5% from the same month last year, and those to the US and Europe fell by 39.5% and 45.8%.</p><p>The mild optimism surrounding the news last week that the world's second biggest economy <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/17/japan-beats-recession-exports" title="Japan returns to growth ">had returned to growth </a>has been tempered by signs that the effects of global stimulus measures are already petering out.</p><p>Domestic demand remains weak amid fears over falling salaries and high unemployment, which is expected to rise to a postwar high later this year.</p><p>But some economists said July's weak exports did not necessary signal a premature end to the recovery. 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</div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var num=0; // number of times doLists has been called var interval = null; function doLists() { num++; if (num < 100) { if (typeof get_makes == 'function' && typeof get_range =='function' && typeof _model=='object' && typeof make_v=='object' && typeof make_d=='object') { get_makes(); get_range(_model[0]); clearInterval(interval); } } else { clearInterval(interval); } } interval=setInterval("doLists()", 100); doNewLists('',''); //]]> </script> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if (document.getElementById && document.getElementsByTagName) { addEvent(window, "load", initShowHide); addEvent(window, "load", initFinanceTab ); } function initShowHide() { var toggle = document.getElementById('finance-guides-nav'); var as = toggle.getElementsByTagName('a'); for (var i = 0; i < as.length; i++) { as[i].onclick = function() { var allLinks = document.getElementById('finance-guides-nav').getElementsByTagName('a'); for 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href="#finance-pane-2">Loans<b></b></a></li> <li><a id="finance-pane-anchor-3" href="#finance-pane-3">Savings<b></b></a></li> </ul> <div id="finance-guides" class="trailblock"> <div id="finance-pane-0" class="finance-pane active-pane"> <div class="finance-table"> <table id="mortgage-table"> <col class="title"/> <col class="rate"/> <col class="more-info"/> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Lender</th> <th scope="col">Initial rate</th> <td></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">HSBC</th> <td>4.29%</td> <td id="1.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://guardian.lcplc-online.co.uk/BestBuy.aspx?GUProdID=3699&Type=F" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{HSBC|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{1}"> More </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">Britannia</th> <td>4.39%</td> <td id="2.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://guardian.lcplc-online.co.uk/BestBuy.aspx?GUProdID=3601&Type=F" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Britannia|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{2}"> More </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">HSBC</th> <td>2.74%</td> <td id="3.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://guardian.lcplc-online.co.uk/BestBuy.aspx?GUProdID=3514&Type=V" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{HSBC|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{3}"> More </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <ul> <li class="link info"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://guardian.lcplc-online.co.uk/bestbuy.aspx" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{See more mortgage best buys|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{4}"> See more mortgage best buys </a> </li> <li class="link bullet"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://guardian.lcplc-online.co.uk/Wizard1.aspx" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Get a personal quote|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{5}"> Get a personal quote </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="finance-pane-1" class="finance-pane"> <div class="finance-table"> <table id="credit-card-table"> <col class="title"/> <col class="rate"/> <col class="more-info"/> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Name</th> <th scope="col">BT Rate</th> <th scope="col">BT Period</th> <th scope="col"></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">Virgin Credit Card</th> <td>0%</td> <td>16 mths</td> <td id="1.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/CardsP/DoIQualifyExternal.asp?CardID=671&ProviderID=790&Source=GU07&BestBuy=1&Url=http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/clk;207240094;29508258;g?http://uk.virginmoney.com/credit-cards/?source=MSP-AGG-50562-55903~amp~targetURL=/virgin/credit-cards-v7&CatID=163" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Virgin Credit Card|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{6}"> More </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">NatWest Platinum</th> <td>0%</td> <td>15 mths</td> <td id="2.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/CardsP/DoIQualifyExternal.asp?CardID=1224&ProviderID=352&Source=GU07&BestBuy=1&Url=http://clk.atdmt.com/NAT/go/136621154/direct/01/&CatID=163" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{NatWest Platinum|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{7}"> More </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">Barclaycard Platinum</th> <td>0%</td> <td>Until 01/09/2010</td> <td id="3.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/CardsP/DoIQualifyExternal.asp?CardID=1502&ProviderID=308&Source=GU07&BestBuy=1&Url=http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/11610-69039-7764-0&CatID=163" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Barclaycard Platinum|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{8}"> More </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <ul> <li class="link info"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/link.asp?Source=GU07&Section=cardsbestbuys" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{See more credit cards best buys|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{9}"> See more credit cards best buys </a> </li> <li class="link bullet"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/link.asp?Source=GU07&Section=cards" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Compare over 300 credit cards|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{10}"> Compare over 300 credit cards </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="finance-pane-2" class="finance-pane"> <div class="finance-table"> <table id="loan-table"> <col class="title"/> <col class="rate"/> <col class="more-info"/> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Provider</th> <th scope="col">Typical APR</th> <th scope="col"></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row" class="finance-row">Sainsbury's Personal Loan</th> <td>7.9%</td> <td id="1.moreInfo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/loansp/LoansExternalDb_new.asp?LoansId=1562&BestBuy=1&Source=GU07&Url=http://www.sainsburysbank.co.uk/borrowing/micro/bor_loans_ms_apply.shtml?source=NETMSBBDLOANMSIT0001" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Sainsburys Personal Loan|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{11}"> More </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <ul> <li class="link info"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/link.asp?Source=GU07&Section=loansbestbuys" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{See more loan best buys|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{12}"> See more loan best buys </a> </li> <li class="link bullet"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090828015529/http://www.moneysupermarket.com/link.asp?Source=GU07&Section=loans" name="&lid={compareAndBuyPromo}{Compare over 500 loan providers|link|Business}&lpos={compareAndBuyPromo}{13}"> Compare over 500 loan providers </a> </li> </ul> 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