TOKYO/GUANGZHOU/BEIJING -- China became the world's largest exporter of automobiles last year for the first time, knocking Japan off its perch thanks to strong overseas sales of electric vehicles.
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Cars for export wait to be loaded onto a cargo vessel at a port in Lianyungang, China. © Reuters
AZUSA KAWAKAMI, SHIZUKA TANABE and SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writers
February 1, 2024 04:42 JST
