Race for Myanmar's auto market heats up as Toyota builds factory

Carmaker chases Suzuki, Ford and Hyundai in Southeast Asia's final frontier

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Myanmar's auto market is growing, but local production is still getting off the ground. © Kyodo

YUICHI NITTA, Nikkei staff writer

YANGON -- Toyota Motor began work on an auto assembly plant in Myanmar on Nov. 1, becoming the sixth automaker to venture into production in a country seen as the last untapped growth market in Southeast Asia.

The $52.6 million plant in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone outside Yangon will produce Hilux pickup trucks. It is slated to go online in February 2021.

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