Honda is considering Move part of car production From Mexico and Canada to the United States, with the aim of 90% of cars sold In the country they are manufactured locally in response to the new US tariffs to the automotive sector, the Nikkei newspaper reported Tuesday.
The Second Major Automotive in Japan Sales plans to increase the production of vehicles in the United States by up to 30% in two or three years in response to the decision of US President Donald Trump to impose a 25% tax on imported vehicles, Nikkei said.
Honda refused to comment, saying that the information was not announced by the company.
In the weeks prior to the entry into force of the new US tax, Reuters had already reported that Honda plans to manufacture his next generation civic hybrid In the American state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid possible tariffs.
The United States was The largest Honda market Last year, representing almost 40% of its global sales. The automaker sold 1.4 million vehiclesincluding Acura models, in the United States last year. It imported approximately two fifths of those vehicles from Canada or Mexico.
Honda registered a 5% increase in its sales in the United States, to almost 352,000 vehicles in the first three months of this year.
The company will transfer the production of the SUV CR-V From Canada to the United States and the SUV HR-V From Mexico to the world’s greatest economy, according to Nikkei.
To increase production, Honda is considering hiring more US workers, according to the newspaper. This measure would allow Honda to change two shifts to three and extend production for weekends, Nikkei added.
