In 2010, used vehicles exported by container vessels were 275,417 units, or 32.9% of total exports.
The container-shipping rate for used vehicle export, which climbed to 42.7% in 2009, due to a shrink of shipment to Russia. Exports to Russia were conducted nearly 100% by car carriers or Ro-Ro vessels. In 2010, vehicles to Russia were back on the recovery mode, resulting in a reduction of container vessels in total exports.
U.A.E(69,170 units) and South Africa(51,411) ranked first and second, respectively. For these countries, C/S rates were high at 79.8% and 77.2%, respectively. Mongolia, a typical inland destination, came in third with 19,564 units, c/s rate at 99.6%
To Chile, 17,127 vehicles of total 79,430 were shipped by container vessels. The C/S rate (21.6%) was signifcantly declined from last year’s 60.0%.
In January 2010, used vehicle exports totaled 41,220 units, down 4.5% on the year. It also marked the fourth straight month of decrease. The January results indicated a decrease of 38.4% compared with the previous month.
According to the analysis conducted by the International Auto Trade Association, 13 countries, including the in the top 25 destinations saw year-on-year decrease for January, compared with 9 for the previous month.
Last month leader Russia slid to the 3rd place in rankings. Exported vehicles to that nation totaled 4,112 units, up 60.4% on the year.
United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) came back to the top position, importing 4,710 vehicles from Japan. But the January figure marked a 31.8% decline year-on-year. In recent months, exports to that country has shown double-digit decline.
Vehicles bound for South Africa (ranked 2nd) rose 11.0% to 4,588 units.
Exports to New Zealand (ranked 4th) and Chile (ranked 5th) declined 23.9% and 30.0%, respectively.
The top five markets took a 47.2% share of total exports from Japan.
