TOKYO, Reuters About 6 of Nissan Motor staff in the United States have accepted early retirement packages, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, as part of the struggling Japanese carmaker39;s plan to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide.

Nissan had about 17,000 employees in the U.S. as of March, according to a security filing. Roughly 1,000 U.S. employees are set to leave Nissan by the end of this year as a result of the early retirements.

Nissan this month announced the global job cuts and a 20 reduction in manufacturing capacity after it slashed its annual profit outlook by 70 due to a sales slump in China and North America.

Reporting by Maki Shiraki; writing by Kantaro Komiya; editing by Jason Neely

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