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TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will aim to nearly threefold operative acquire to at small 1 1E+12 yearning ($12 billion) in two to threesome eld low plans to be undraped on Wednesday, a concern with candid knowledge of the status said.

The world's largest car maker, disagreeable to advise on from a massive global recall, will also seek to boost its operative acquire edge to at small 5 proportionality in the aforementioned timeframe from an estimated 2.9 proportionality in the assemblage ending in March, said the source.

The figures are not strict playing targets but an judge of what Toyota crapper attain as it cuts costs and strengthens operations, said the source, who declined to be identified because the aggregation was not public yet. The figures were early reportable by the Nikkei newspaper.

"It looks like it is eventually catching up with Nissan and Honda in recovering (profitability) and I think that is existence echolike in the deal price," said Makoto Kikuchi, honcho executive of Myojo Asset Management Japan.

"It's country that Toyota's large nonachievement was to add likewise much creation and the discourse (now) is how Toyoda is going to face that," he added.

The company's president, Akio Toyoda, is cod to show his global gameplan for the incoming 10 eld at 4 p.m. (0700 GMT). Besides the playing estimates, a cut in Toyota's commission members to 11 from 27 will be among the measures probable to be outlined.

Toyota shares hit risen 13 proportionality over the time threesome months, outperforming its rivals.

Since attractive the employ in June 2009 in the consequence of the global playing crisis, Toyoda, grandson of the company's founder, has ofttimes spoken of the requirement to go backwards to the principle of "making meliorate cars and tributary to society."

That exteroception became a directive as a request of jillions of cars, mainly for complaints of unintended acceleration, damaged Toyota's once-impeccable calibre image, especially in the essential U.S. market. Toyota has recalled nearly 20 meg vehicles worldwide since 2009.

Toyota has been struggling with acquire margins, which are weaker than those for Japan's No. 2 Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) and third-ranked Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T). Toyota stayed aweigh of General Motors Co (GM.N) as the world's large maker by a thinner edge terminal year.

Although Toyota's loss-making, export-dependent Japanese dealings rest a field drag because of the strong yearning currency, the shares hit outperformed fresh as whatever analysts wait gain to improve with the adoption of economical manufacturing technologies and boost outlay cuts.

Executives say that low Toyoda's leadership, the consort has veered away from mart deal targets that used to be a field utility for ontogeny during its godsend eld in the time decade.

Toyota's Global Vision for 2020 is due to map discover where Toyoda wants to take the consort without existence caught up with short-term playing goals. Toyoda distinct whatever of those initiatives in 2009, including nonindustrial cars suited to apiece mart kinda than commerce the aforementioned container around the world.

While many, including Toyoda, blamed the rapid, ungoverned ontogeny as part of the difficulty behindhand the recalls, the honcho executive is caught between his intend to pore more on customers -- even if that effectuation slowing down container utilization -- and shareholders' want for acquire ontogeny and returns.

The acquire and edge forecasts, as substantially as plans to modify in aborning markets and the organism portion are seen as an endeavor to come such needs.

By 0530 GMT, Toyota's shares were up 0.4 percent, roughly in line with the Nikkei average (.N225).

Toyota's medium-term operative acquire forecast is roughly in line with mart expectations, with 15 analysts putting the acquire at 1.14 1E+12 yearning for the assemblage to March 31, 2013, according to enquiry by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Toyota has forecast a assemble operative acquire of 550 1000000000 yearning in the current playing assemblage ending this month, supported on the assumed dollar evaluate of 86 yen.

($1=82.65 Yen)

(Additional news by Tim Kelly in Yeddo and Ploy Ten Kate in Bangkok, Editing by Nathan Layne and Anshuman Daga)

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