Ford eyes 5% hike in exports as Asean markets recover.

Ford Philippines is eyeing to grow its export of vehicles by 5 percent this year after a 1 percent hike in 2009.
In a report, Ford Philippines said it shipped 7,277 units of Ford vehicles assembled from its Sta. Rosa, Laguna plant last year from 7,208 units in 2008.
Cumulative exports as of February stood at more than 66,000 units with an export value of more than $800 million since it started its export program in 2002.
In 2010, Ford expects its exports to increase by about five percent as the Asean markets are forecasted to recover and show positive industry growth.
In 2009, Ford experienced an increase in exports despite the Asean markets’ industry decline of eight percent.
In the third quarter last year, Ford Philippines announced the completion of its largest-ever fleet sales order to Ford Motor Indonesia (FMI), exporting a total of 577 Philippine-made Ford Focus units for the Indonesian National Police Force as part of its 2009 fleet program. Ford Philippines exported over 8,800 engines in 2009, bringing the cumulative total to 28,000 engines.
Ford currently exports CBUs of Escape, Mazda, Focus and Tribute to Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia and completely knocked-down kits of Focus to Vietnam.
Ford Philippines also exports flexi-fuel engines to South Africa which are used in the Focus sold in South Africa and Australia.