Parts makers announced that they would resume production of core components in June and hoped to achieve pre-quake production levels by the end of October. Major automakers also announced that they would raise production so that, from early autumn, production levels would gradually return to close to normal.
Thus, although at present production continues to be well below normal levels, firms in the Japanese auto and parts industries seem to have become more confident about the restoration of production sites in coming months, which significantly contrasts with the early post-quake stage, when they found it difficult to specify the timing of such restoration.