The firm also said that it predicts its global sales to fall by 17.87\% to 7.32 million vehicles sold, compared to last year's 8.91 million vehicles sold. Overall for 2008, Toyota's car sales in the United States were down 15.4\%, but that number was down from 2007 in which sales dropped 18\%. For the moth of January alone, Toyota's sales fell 31.7\% compared to the overall U.S. sales loss of 37.1\%. As a result of the loss, 17 of the company's 75 production lines worldwide, will be reduced to only a single shift of workers. The company also announced a full closure of all their Japanese plants for a total of 14 days between January an March of 2009.
The firm also said that it predicts its global sales to fall by 17.87\% to 7.32 million vehicles sold, compared to last year's 8.91 million vehicles sold. Overall for 2008, Toyota's car sales in the United States were down 15.4\%, but that number was down from 2007 in which sales dropped 18\%. For the month of January alone, Toyota's sales fell 31.7\% compared to the overall U.S. sales loss of 37.1\%. As a result of the loss, 17 of the company's 75 production lines worldwide, will be reduced to only a single shift of workers. The company also announced a full closure of all their Japanese plants for a total of 14 days between January and March 2009.
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