Production, Sales and Export Results for March 2020 and April 2019 - March 2020
April 28, 2020, Japan
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales and export results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 as well as for the month of March 2020.
World Production
| April. 2019 - March. 2020 |
March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | FY on FY |
Units | YOY | |
| Japan |
807,991 |
88.6% |
72,696 |
90.3% |
| Outside of Japan |
3,965,536 |
89.6% |
202,692 |
50.8% |
| North America |
1,735,533 |
96.3% |
105,362 |
64.2% |
| (USA) |
1,153,046 |
94.1% |
69,937 |
65.0% |
| Europe |
95,251 |
63.2% |
5,165 |
47.6% |
| Asia |
1,976,346 |
86.2% |
80,618 |
38.3% |
| (China) |
1,370,459 |
91.5% |
44,103 |
30.6% |
| Others |
158,406 |
87.5% |
11,547 |
83.2% |
| Total |
4,773,527 |
89.4% |
275,388 |
57.4% |
April 2019 - March 2020
Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in eight years.
March 2020
Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 7th consecutive month.
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for 8th consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese market
| April. 2019 - March. 2020 |
March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | FY on FY |
Units | YOY | |
| Total | 688,615 |
92.0% |
77,580 |
86.6% |
| Registrations | 331,213 |
88.1% |
39,435 |
82.9% |
| Mini-vehicles | 357,402 |
95.9% |
38,145 |
90.7% |
April 2019 - March 2020
Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.
Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
Freed was the industry’s 7th best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for April 2019 - March 2020 with sales of 84,395 units. Fit was the industry’s 10th best-selling car with sales of 76,100 units.
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car among mini-vehicles for April 2019 - March 2020 with sales of 247,708 units.
March 2020
Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.
Fit was the industry’s second best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of March 2020 with sales of 14,845 units. Freed was the industry’s 9th best-selling car with sales of 9,528 units.
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of March 2020 with sales of 22,078 units. N-WGN was the industry’s 6th best-selling car with sales of 10,271 units.
Exports from Japan
| April. 2019 - March. 2020 |
March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | FY on FY |
Units | YOY | |
| Total | 112,482 |
60.8% |
9,645 |
113.4% |
| North America |
13,449 |
15.5% |
293 |
10.8% |
| (USA) |
12,434 |
14.5% |
293 |
10.8% |
| Europe |
80,341 |
103.7% |
8,240 |
224.8% |
| Asia |
8,019 |
75.8% |
619 |
41.6% |
| Others |
10,673 |
103.3% |
493 |
77.3% |
April 2019 - March 2020
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years.
March 2020
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 10 months.