text: “General Overseas Markets 
  
  oversees a huge territory, 
  
  including countries as 
  
  diverse and geographically 
  
  separated as Pakistan and 
  
  Tahiti. Fiscal 2004 was a 
  
  good year for us in GOM, 
  
  with retail sales going up 
  
  more than 10 percent. All our 
  This year, we will determine our strategies for India and 
  
  major markets exhibited 
  Pakistan based on feasibility studies. We’ve already 
  Y A S U A K I H A S H I M O T O 
  Vice President 
  growth. Taiwan and Australia 
  established a wholly owned subsidiary in Mumbai that will 
  
  were the biggest contributors 
  first focus on imports and later serve as a base camp to 
  
  with sales of 70,000 and 63,000 units, respectively. 
  learn more about the market in India. 
  
  Australia’s auto market was particularly good for us— 
  Perhaps the biggest news for GOM in Asia was the 
  
  we’re now the number-four automaker there. Strong 
  summer 2005 launch of the Infiniti in Korea. This is the 
  
  demand for the Nissan Pickup and X-TRAIL was 
  first-ever launch of the full brand independent of Nissan’s 
  
  responsible for the jump in sales. Although there 