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Honda sets half of fiscal year records for automobile production in China; Honda sets monthly records for automobile production worldwide, overseas, in Asia and China

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for for the first half of the current fiscal year (April 2020-March 2021) and the month of September 2020

World Production

 September 2020YOY1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Japan66,851102.4%332,30374.9%
Outside of Japan405,845111.2%1,777,48381.7%
North America151,562103.6%623,89667.3%
(USA)102,112105.6%418,26167.6%
Europe8,03077.3%25,15652.3%
Asia232,621*1120.6%1,089,37997.3%
(China)189,060*1133.9%957,367*2121.3%
Others13,63288.4%39,05247.8%
Total472,696*1109.9%2,109,78680.5%

 *1 Record high for the month of September
*2 Record high for any half of fiscal years

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 first time in five years.
-Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
-Worldwide production for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in nine years.

September 2020

-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 13 months.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 14 months.

Sales in the Japanese Market

 September 2020
YOY1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Total59,50481.4%281,58674.2%
Registrations27,08675.4%135,77972.2%
Mini-vehicles32,41887.2%145,80776.2%

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 first time in four years.
-New vehicle registrations for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years.
-Sales of mini-vehicles for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.

September 2020

-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the seventh consecutive month.
-Fit was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2020 with sales of 8,922 units. Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2020 with sales of 7,689 units.
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2020 with sales of 18,631 units. N-WGN was the industry’s sixth best-selling car  in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2020 with sales of 8,977 units.

Exports from Japan

 September 2020
YOY1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Total7,74671.3%50,39380.0%
North America410115.8%3,28538.9%
(USA)410115.8%3,04537.8%
Europe5,27360.5%38,54486.7%
Asia851104.9%3,86681.7%
Others1,212124.8%4,69887.0%

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 second consecutive year.

September 2020

-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.

SOURCE: Honda

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