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Toyota starts exports of Yaris to North America

PARIS, May 17 — Toyota Motor Corp has begun exporting French-made Yaris compact cars to customers in North America for the first time this month.

Toyota said it planned to export around 25,000 gasoline versions of the Yaris built at the northern French town of Onnaing, near Valenciennes, to the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico annually.

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US-made vintage convertible cars are parked beside the Capitol Building in Havana May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic

US-made vintage convertible cars are parked beside the Capitol Building in Havana May 17, 2013. — Reuters pic

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