Sales of Japanese brands have dominated the Indonesian automotive market this year, the local media reported, citing the data collected from Indonesian Automotive Industry Association (Gaikindo).

"Total car sales in the domestic market reach almost one million units during January-November 2012," Gaikindo second chairman Jhonny Darmawan said.

Based on Gaikindo data, Toyota dominated the market with sales of 370,987 units, followed by Daihatsu (150,183 units) and Mitsubishi (138,778 units). Meanwhile, Suzuki was ranked fourth, with sales of 117,927 units, followed by Honda (63,203 units), Nissan (61,549 units), Isuzu (31,069 units) and Mazda (11,021 units).

"Sales have been predicted to reach one million units and are expected to double in the next five years," Jhonny stated, pointing out that Japanese automotive products have dominated not only the domestic market, but also the exports market.

Jhonny noted that Daihatsu, Toyota and Suzuki were some of the Japanese brands that dominated the domestic market as well as exports. "Those companies have exported their products to countries in Asia, Africa and South America, and have also planned to increase their exports next year," he continued.

"Due to the growth of the domestic market, the export of Japanese products has continued to rise over the years. It shows that the quality of locally assembled products here is trusted by the importing countries," he explained.

Total car exports reached 232,385 units during January-October 2012, up 43.3 per cent from the 162,214 units sold during the same period last year.