Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the first half of the current fiscal year (April 2021-March 2022) and the month of September 2021.
World Production
| September 2021 | YOY | 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021 (Apr.-Sep. 2021) |
YOY | |
| Japan | 29,743 | 44.5% | 271,050 | 81.6% |
| Outside of Japan | 301,197 | 74.2% | 1,707,742 | 96.1% |
| Total | 330,940 | 70.0% | 1,978,792 | 93.8% |
Production in Main Regions
| North America | 86,193 | 56.9% | 652,641 | 104.6% |
| USA | 53,625 | 52.5% | 434,016 | 103.8% |
| Asia | 204,889 | 88.1% | 962,903 | 88.4% |
| China | 169,306 | 89.6% | 752,633 | 78.6% |
The First Half of Current Fiscal Year
- Production in Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
- Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.
- Worldwide production for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
September 2021
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.
- Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese Market
| September 2021 | YOY | 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021 (Apr.-Sep. 2021) |
YOY | |
| Total | 39,657 | 66.6% | 266,849 | 94.8% |
| Registrations | 20,940 | 77.3% | 123,969 | 91.3% |
| Mini-vehicles | 18,717 | 57.7% | 142,880 | 98.0% |
The First Half of Current Fiscal Year
- Total Japanese sales for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
- New vehicle registrations for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
- Sales of mini-vehicles for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
September 2021
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.
- Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.
- Freed was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2021 with sales of 6,139 units. VEZEL was the industry’s ninth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2021 with sales of 3,901 units. Fit was the industry’s tenth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2021 with sales of 3,730 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2021 with sales of 11,805 units. N-WGN was the industry’s ninth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2021 with sales of 4,453 units.
Exports from Japan
| September 2021 | YOY | 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021 (Apr.-Sep. 2021) |
YOY | |
| Total | 5,117 | 66.1% | 31,102 | 61.7% |
| North America | 1,583 | 386.1% | 7,900 | 240.5% |
| USA | 1,543 | 376.3% | 7,847 | 257.7% |
| Asia | 409 | 48.1% | 3,757 | 97.2% |
| Europe | 2,761 | 52.4% | 16,076 | 41.7% |
| Others | 364 | 30.0% | 3,369 | 71.7% |
The First Half of Current Fiscal Year
- Total exports from Japan for the first half of current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.
September 2021
- Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the tenth consecutive month.
SOURCE: Honda
