1.   Any increased auto exports from Southeast Asian countries would most likely be sold in other emerging markets, if demand remains strong enough.

2.   Auto exports are more than making up for those losses.

3.   Auto exports from Japan fell by one-quarter.

4.   Auto exports are soaring while domestic sales are slumping badly.

5.   Auto exports, for example, have fallen every month this year.

6.   A senior ministry official said the government expects the overall trade surplus will continue to shrink and that auto exports will continue to rise.

7.   A senior Finance Ministry official said auto exports may continue to rise as the yen weakens against the dollar.

8.   Also, auto exports may rise after Japanese companies reduce inventory levels that piled up because of a slowdown in the U.S. car market last year.

9.   Car manufacturers Ciadea SA and Sevel Argentina SA both surged on expectations of a boom in auto exports to Brazil next year, reported in local newspapers.

10.   Carmakers Sevel Argentina SA and Ciadea SA were among leading decliners as investors expect auto exports to Brazil to drop.