<P> In October 2011, the South Korea Free Trade Agreement opened up the South Korean auto market to American made cars . GM owns (per December 31, 2011) 77.0% of its joint venture in South Korea, GM Korea . </P> <P> On March 11, 2013, GM opened a new 190,300 square - foot manufacturing plant in Bekasi, Indonesia . In February 2015, GM announced they will close the Bekasi plant by the end of June and stop production of the Sonic in Thailand by mid-year . </P> <P> GM announced on May 18, 2017 that it would exit the Indian market, which it had entered for the second time in 1996 . The first time was in 1928, when it became the first car maker to manufacture cars in India . GM would however continue to manufacture cars from its Talegaon, Maharashtra plant for the export market . This plant has a capacity of 1, 60,000 units annually . The older Halol, Gujarat plant with a capacity for 50,000 units stopped production on April 28, 2017 . It will be sold, with GM in talks with China's SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd . The India arm's domestic sales for April 2016--March 2017 declined to 25,823 units from 32,540 the previous year and market share contracted from 1.17 percent to 0.85 percent for the same period . However, exports surged 89 percent during the same period to 70,969 units . GMTC - I, GM's technical center in Bengaluru, India will continue doing its global work . About 400 employees, 8 percent of GM's total Indian work - force, would be affected by the pull - out . Weak product line - up and below par service quality were the reasons for the poor showing by GM in India . It will also affect 10,000 employees working with about 120 Outlets / Dealership of GM in India . </P> <P> GM has a long history in Egypt which began in the 1920s with the assembly of cars and light pickup trucks for the local market . In the mid of the 1950s, GM withdrew from the Egyptian market . Some years later, the Ghabbour Brothers began to assemble Cadillac, Chevrolet and Buick models up to the 1990s . Since 1983 GM and Al - Monsour Automotive Company have owned General Motors Egypt, which is currently the only manufacturer of traditional GM branded vehicles in Egypt . </P>

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