Trucks in Japan

Trucks in Japan

Datamonitor's Trucks in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the trucks industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

* Market shares are covered by manufacturer or brand

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Market Definition

The market for light trucks includes all light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and light buses and coaches (LBCs) weighing up to 3.5 tonnes. This includes pick-ups and vans, but excludes sports utility and similar vehicles.

The market for medium and heavy trucks includes commercial vehicles (CVs), buses and coaches (BCs), heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs) and heavy buses and coaches (HBCs). CVs and BCs weigh 3.51 to 16 tonnes and include pick-ups, vans where they fall into this weight range. Sports utility vehicles and similar vehicles are not included. HCVs and HBCs weigh over 16 tonnes.

The trucks market consists of the light trucks and medium and heavy trucks markets.

The market value is calculated in terms of manufacturer selling price (MSP), and excludes all taxes and levies. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report, Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 6 Market Share 13
CHAPTER 7 Five Forces Analysis 14
7.1 Summary 14
7.2 Buyer Power 15
7.3 Supplier Power 16
7.4 New Entrants 17
7.5 Substitutes 18
7.6 Rivalry 19


CHAPTER 8 Leading Companies 20
8.1 Toyota Motor Corporation 20
8.2 Isuzu Motors Limited 23
8.3 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 25
CHAPTER 9 Market Forecasts 27
9.1 Market Value Forecast 27
9.2 Market Volume Forecast 28
CHAPTER 10 Macroeconomic Indicators 29
CHAPTER 11 Appendix 30
11.1 Methodology 30
11.2 Industry Associations 31
11.3 Related Datamonitor Research 31

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan Trucks Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Japan Trucks Market Volume: Units thousand, 2003-2007 10
Table 3: Japan Trucks Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: Japan Trucks Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 12
Table 5: Japan Trucks Market Share: % Share, by Volume, 2007 13
Table 6: Key Facts: Toyota Motor Corporation 20
Table 7: Key Financials: Toyota Motor Corporation 22
Table 8: Key Facts: Isuzu Motors Limited 23
Table 9: Key Financials: Isuzu Motors Limited 24
Table 10: Key Facts: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 25
Table 11: Key Financials: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 26
Table 12: Japan Trucks Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 27
Table 13: Japan Trucks Market Volume Forecast: Units thousand, 2007-2012 28
Table 14: Japan Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 29
Table 15: Japan GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 29
Table 16: Japan Exchange Rate, 2003-2007 29