Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production Overseas and in China
August 28, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of July 2020.
World Production
| July 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Jul. 2020 |
YOY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 58,011 | 73.0% | 427,262 | 77.4% |
| Outside of Japan | 365,415 * | 104.3% | 1,770,371 | 68.9% |
| North America | 145,135 | 106.8% | 721,475 | 65.0% |
| (USA) | 96,403 | 105.9% | 483,287 | 65.0% |
| Europe | 8,847 | 88.2% | 35,140 | 51.8% |
| Asia | 203,700 | 104.4% | 965,505 | 74.5% |
| (China) | 178,925 * | 129.4% | 783,524 | 88.9% |
| Others | 7,733 | 84.0% | 48,251 | 50.7% |
| Total | 423,426 | 98.6% | 2,197,633 | 70.4% |
*Record high for the month of July
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 11th consecutive month.
- Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in ten months.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese market
| July 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Jul. 2020 |
YOY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 52,657 | 79.8% | 365,847 | 77.9% |
| Registrations | 25,874 | 74.0% | 176,580 | 74.1% |
| Mini-vehicles | 26,783 | 86.2% | 189,267 | 81.9% |
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 10th consecutive month.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 10th consecutive month.
- Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifth consecutive month.
- Fit was the industry’s fifth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of July 2020 with sales of 9,213 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of July 2020 with sales of 16,222 units. N-WGN was the industry’s ninth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of July 2020 with sales of 6,169 units.
Exports from Japan
| July 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Jul. 2020 |
YOY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 10,230 | 84.2% | 58,919 | 67.3% |
| North America | 574 | 64.1% | 3,948 | 16.4% |
| (USA) | 574 | 65.8% | 3,420 | 14.6% |
| Europe | 7,850 | 82.3% | 46,584 | 92.1% |
| Asia | 894 | 133.4% | 4,025 | 57.5% |
| Others | 912 | 87.6% | 4,362 | 74.4% |
-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.