S Korea ranks 5th largest auto-manufacturer in 2009

• Source: Xinhua
• [15:56 February 22 2010]
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South Korea has ranked fifth in global auto-production rankings for five consecutive years in 2009, an industry report showed Monday.

According to a report by the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA), South Korea produced a total of 3.5 million vehicles last year, accounting for 5.7 percent of total global auto-output.

China surpassed Japan as the world's largest auto-manufacturer last year by producing 13.7 million vehicles, which was a 48.3 percent increase from the previous year and 22.5 percent of the global market, whereas Japan's total output was 7.9 million units in the same period, or a 31.4 percent decline from 2008, KAMA said.

The United States and Germany followed with 5.6 million and 5.2 million vehicles produced, respectively, the report added.