2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of Southeast Asian Automobile Parts Production Network: Survey of Competitiveness of Intra-Regional Trade and Local Industry

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730153
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	International relations
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Principal Investigator	NATSUDA Kaoru 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 国際経営学部, 准教授 (60454972)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	THOBURN John (70454973) SEGAWA Noriyuki (10388332)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	自動車産業 / 自動車部品産業 / 東南アジア / グローバル・バリュー・チェーン
Research Abstract	This study examines the development of the automotive industry, parts procurementnetworks, production and export trends, and the competitiveness of three ASEAN countriessuch as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In recent years, the Thai and Indonesianautomotive industry has developed rapidly, accounting for 2.48 million units of vehicleproduction (the 9th biggest producer) and 1 million (the 17) in the world in 2012,respectively. By contrast, the Malaysian automotive industry has been developing veryslowly, accounting for 0.57 million units (the 22nd)th. With regards to the number of partssuppliers, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia account for 2,390 firms, 850 firms, and 690firms, respectively. With regards to export, Thailand has developed as an export platformin Southeast Asia, exporting a half of their production.