Vietnam imported 11,172 cars between January and September, up 5,142 units from the same period last year. According to statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, more than 10,800-92 per cent-were imported from Thailand and Indonesia. The remainder came from Japan, the US and Germany. Cars with nine or fewer seats shipped to ports in HCM City accounted for more than 51 per cent of total car imports to Vietnam. Vietnamese Businesses spent US$ 2.5 billion (Bt59.54 billion) importing auto parts in the period. The part from Thailand, India and Indonesia were mostly electric cables and steel imported by Toyota, Ford and Nissan for use by domestic carmakers
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Now that Europe's automakers are ramping up plans for electrified vehicles, suppliers are investing in industrial scale battery cell production in the region. Production of lithium ion battery cells is currently concentrated in Asia's consumer electronics industry where the technology first took root, made by the likes of Korea's LG Chem and Samsung SDI, and Panasonic of Japan. Cells are exported to Europe for assembly into battery packs. This will change now that almost all major European brands are preparing to launch electrified vehicles over the next 18 months to meet tougher CO2 emission targets that start to take effect in 2020.