Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in Asia and China

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of October 2020.

November 27, 2020

News Release

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.