Toyota is to stop production at five plants in Europe for several days in April and May because component¹ supplies from Japan remain limited.

因来自日本的零件供应受限，丰田将在四月和五月中的某几天停止欧洲五座工厂的生产。

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The announcement comes a day after the Japanese car maker² announced similar shutdowns in North America.

Last month's earthquake and tsunami⁵ in northern Japan damaged machinery⁶ and electricity supplies at Toyota's component factories.

The European plants affected are in the UK, Turkey, France and Poland.

"Even if the supply chain has not yet been interrupted, short-term parts shortages are foreseeable," said Toyota, which has yet to decide on production levels after May.

The shutdowns will take place at British plants in Burnaston, Derbyshire, and Deeside, Flintshire, as well as Adapazari in Turkey, Valenciennes in France, and Jelcz-Laskowice in Poland.

Production there will be stopped there on 21 and 22 April, from 25 to 29 April, and 2 May.

The company's domestic（国内的） factories have resumed production, although at a reduced capacity.

Factories in Japan will be shut down again between 27 April and 9 May, although that includes the traditional Japanese Golden Week holiday.