Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its global output plunged 20.6 percent from a year earlier to 640,973 units in March as the coronavirus pandemic hit global manufacturing activities and demand.

Toyota said its global sales dropped 23.8 percent to 681,510 units, including those sold by subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., a minivehicle manufacturer, and truck maker Hino Motors Ltd.

While Toyota's factories in China resumed operations last month, its plants in Europe and the United States remain closed in response to governments' stay-at-home orders.

==Kyodo

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