Toyota Cuts June Output Plan Again as China Lockdowns Bite

Toyota Cuts June Output Plan Again as China Lockdowns Bite
The Toyota logo at a booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai on April 19, 2021. Aly Song/Reuters
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TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday cut its global production plan for June for the second time this week and signaled its full-year output estimate could be lowered, highlighting the pain from the supply chain crunch and China lockdown.

Global automakers’ production has been hit by the microchip shortage and also by China’s COVID-19 lockdowns. The reduction by Toyota—broadly seen as a bellwether for Japan Inc.—comes a day after data showed car sales in China, Europe, and the United States remain weak.