Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of October 2020.
World Production
| October 2020 | YOY | Jan.- Oct. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 66,509 | 118.4% | 603,171 | 81.6% |
| Outside of Japan | 386,231 | 103.7% | 2,909,749 | 79.6% |
| North America | 164,995 | 98.6% | 1,193,367 | 75.5% |
| (USA) | 111,072 | 100.5% | 801,354 | 76.1% |
| Europe | 8,757 | 76.6% | 55,565 | 58.7% |
| Asia | 205,315＊1 | 116.1% | 1,579,414 | 85.8% |
| (China) | 158,722＊1 | 125.6% | 1,272,637 | 100.3% |
| Others | 7,164 | 43.0% | 81,403 | 57.4% |
| Total | 452,740 | 105.7% | 3,512,920 | 79.9% |
*1 Record high for the month of October
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month.
- Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese Market
| October 2020 | YOY | Jan.- Oct. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 53,349 | 138.1% | 522,030 | 81.8% |
| Registrations | 26,478 | 144.0% | 249,317 | 78.1% |
| Mini-vehicles | 26,871 | 132.7% | 272,713 | 85.5% |
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 13 months.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the fisrt time in 13 months.
- Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in eight months.
- Fit was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2020 with sales of 9,000 units. Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2020 with sales of 7,849 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2020 with sales of 16,052 units. N-WGN was the industry’s nineth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2020 with sales of 5,943 units.
Exports from Japan
| October 2020 | YOY | Jan.- Oct. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 5,969 | 48.1% | 79,859 | 67.8% |
| North America | 0 | 0.0% | 5,427 | 20.8% |
| (USA) | 0 | 0.0% | 4,779 | 18.8% |
| Europe | 5,270 | 54.6% | 61,195 | 82.8% |
| Asia | 402 | 99.0% | 6,099 | 69.7% |
| Others | 297 | 21.2% | 7,138 | 79.9% |
- Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.
SOURCE: Honda
