UK car production tumbles to ‘worst in a generation’
Output tumbled almost 30% last year as Covid forced factory closures and a fall in consumer demand. …
Shipments to the US, Japan and Australia last year all fell, down 33.7%, 21.6% and 21.8% respectively. Exports to China, however, ended the year up 2.3%, and those to South Korea and Taiwan also rose 3.6% and 16.7% respectively as these nations travelled on different trajectories in dealing with the pandemic.