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Georgia: Toyota to Export Venza Crossovers via Port of Brunswick

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Toyota announced Feb. 26 that it will be exporting U.S.-assembled Venza crossover vehicles to Russia and Ukraine via the Port of Brunswick. 

The vehicles will be loaded at the Georgia Ports Authority’s Colonel’s Island Ro/Ro Terminal, which in 2012 handled a record 612,489 auto and machinery units, up from 497,404 in the previous year. Toyota is a new client for the GPA. 

These vehicles will be built at the company’s Georgetown, Ky., plant beginning this April. Toyota expects to export approximately 5,000 Venzas per year to Russia and Ukraine. In 2012, Toyota exported more than 124,000 U.S.-assembled vehicles to 21 global markets, an increase of 45 percent from 2011.

The Georgetown plant, the company’s largest manufacturing facility outside of Japan, employs more than 6,000 people and represents an investment of $6 billion.

"We are proud that Toyota’s U.S. manufacturing operations are continuing to grow as a key supplier of vehicles for global markets, which is only possible thanks to the dedication and high-quality work of our team members here,” said Shigeki Terashi, president and COO of Toyota Motor North America, Inc. "We expect the export of Venza vehicles to Russia and Ukraine will help further solidify our U.S. manufacturing base.
 

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