Honda To Relocate Mexican, Canadian Production To U.S.

From Reuters, April 15:

Honda to make 90% of US sales locally by relocating Mexico, Canada production, Nikkei reports

• Honda to increase US production by 30% over 2-3 years, Nikkei reports
• Honda plans to move CR-V and HR-V production to US, Nikkei says
• Honda considers hiring more US workers to boost production, Nikkei reports

Honda is considering switching some car production from Mexico and Canada to the United States, aiming for 90% of cars sold in the country to be made locally in response to new U.S. auto tariffs, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Japan's second-biggest automaker by sales plans to increase U.S. vehicle production by as much as 30% over two to three years in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to put a 25% levy on imported vehicles, Nikkei said.

 

Honda declined to comment, saying the information was not announced by the company.

In the weeks before the new U.S. levy went into effect, Reuters had already reported that Honda plans to make its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs.

 

The U.S. was Honda's biggest market last year, accounting for nearly 40% of global sales. The automaker sold 1.4 million vehicles, including Acura models, in the U.S. last year. It imported about two-fifths of those cars from Canada or Mexico....

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