Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales and export results, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for January 2013.
January 2013 Highlights (year-on-year)
Production in Japan
Toyota – Decreased
Daihatsu – Decreased
Hino – First increase in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino – Decreased
Sales in Japan
Toyota – Decreased
Lexus-vehicle sales totaled 3,564 units (12.9 percent increase)
Minivehicle sales totaled 2,745 units (1.7 percent increase)
47.5 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (1.0 percentage point decrease)
29.1 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.3 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu – Decreased
Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 46,000 units (14.4 percent decrease)
29.9 percent share of minivehicle market (5.3 percentage point decrease)
Hino – First decrease in five months
Standard-truck sales totaled approximately 1,200 units (1.4 percent decrease); first decrease in three months
36.1 percent share of the truck* market (5.8 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino – Decreased
41.8 percent share of market including minivehicles (3.1 percentage point decrease)
Exports
Toyota – First increase in two months, due to increased exports to North America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa
Daihatsu – Decreased, due to decreased exports to Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe
Hino – Decreased, due to decreased exports to North America, Latin America, Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino – First increase in two months
Production outside Japan
Toyota – First increase in two months, due to increased production in Australia, Asia, Latin America and North America; record high for the month of January
Daihatsu – Decreased, due to decreased production in Indonesia and Venezuela
Hino – Nineteenth consecutive month of increase, due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino – First increase in two months; record high for the month of January
*Maximum loading capacity of four tons or more; excluding imported trucks
Tabular data associated with this release can be downloaded at http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/13/02/0227.pdf.
