Mazda Motor Corp plans to enter the Mexican market in October, selling cars assembled in Japan and the US, Jiji Press reported without citing sources.
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In the current fiscal year ending March 2006, Mazda plans to sell a total of 2,000 units of three types of cars including a small vehicle and sports car, the news agency said.
Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co are already selling cars in Mexico that has annual sales of 1 million vehicles, Jiji said.
Under a free trade agreement that took effect in April, Japanese new entrant automakers are given duty-free quota, it said.
Suzuki Motor Corp and Isuzu Motors Ltd also plan to export cars to Mexico after 2011 when all levies on exported cars will be abolished.
