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Kevin Rudd takes the car subsidy figures out of context.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said aid to the auto industry is 18 per person per year in Australia, 90 in the US and 96 in Germany ABC Fact Check found M. Rudd took the figures out of context.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the assistance of Australia in the automotive industry is one of the lowest in the world.
M. Rudd made the comments in Adelaide, September 4 after promising to support the industry with more than 500 million.
Our support and co-investment in the automotive industry in Australia amounts to the equivalent of about 18 per person per year, said M. Rudd.
In the US, it is something like 90 per capita per year, and in Germany it is 96 per person per year.
The demand Kevin Rudd said aid to the auto industry is 18 per person per year in Australia, 90 in the US and 96 in Germany.
The verdict of the grant 18 per person per year for Australia is correct but the figures for the United States and Germany are not the figures a year.
The office of M. Rudd told ABC Checking the facts he based his comments on the figures of a report commissioned by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries the FCAI.
The report concluded that the assistance of Australia US17 was 80 per capita.
However, the office of M. Rudd also said he was misquoted figures for other countries.
The report indicates that the number per head for the United States was 82 US264 and US90 Germany was 37 he said that Canada was a figure of 39 US96 per head.
Put these details aside, that do not affect Australia's position in the international ranking of the report, CBA examined the facts Check conclusions.
He showed auto subsidies US17 80 per capita in Australia as the lowest among the seven car manufacturing country.
He said Sweden has provided the highest subsidy to 18 US334 per capita.
Video 0 18 Kevin Rudd on the support of Australia for the automotive industry.
But the report does not support the declaration of M. Rudd on subsidies being annually.
It included varying duration of grants and the findings were affected by the time of the global financial crisis.
The report used the 2008-09 data year when many countries have provided great stimulus for their industries, including the automotive industry.
That year, the United States pledged 3 US81 billion for bailing out its car industry There was no time limit attached to this financing.
Since then, the industry has paid at least half of the funding to the government.
The report included all US81 3 billion in its conclusion that the subsidies of the United States were 82 US264 per capita.
In 2009, Germany increased its funding to encourage the scrapping of old cars from 1 to 5 billion euros to 5 billion euros.
Although it was not a stimulus plan directly related to the financial crisis, the plan was already in place before 2008-09, this was a particularly important injection.
Germany also lent carmaker Opel May 1 billion for six months in 2009 as a rescue measure.
Opel is part of General Motors, which was in financial difficulties in the United States.
For Australia, the total subsidy used in the report was 3 million 573 This figure represented only direct budget aid provided for 2008-09, such as auto processing ATS System.
The grant of 18 per person per year for Australia is correct, but the report figures for other countries, including the United States and Germany are not the figures a year.
Grants from the US and Germany are not annually recurring subsidies and rescue stimulus emitted during the global financial crisis.
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