Honda Sets All-Time Fiscal Year Records for Automobile Production in China
April 28, 2021
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales and export results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 as well as for the month of March 2021.
World Production
| April 2020 - March 2021 | March 2021 |
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| Units | FY on FY | Units | YOY | |
| Japan | 687,419 | 85.1% | 65,356 | 89.9% |
| Outside of Japan | 3,845,167 | 97.0% | 348,503 | 171.9% |
| North America | 1,397,115 | 80.5% | 118,038 | 112.0% |
| (USA) | 924,310 | 80.2% | 79,737 | 114.0% |
| Europe | 70,777 | 74.3% | 9,918 | 192.0% |
| Asia | 2,278,911 | 115.3% | 209,402 | 259.7% |
| (China) | 1,876,879*1 | 137.0% | 161,446*2 | 366.1% |
| Others | 98,364 | 62.1% | 11,145 | 96.5% |
| Total | 4,532,586 | 95.0% | 413,859 | 150.3% |
*1 Record high for all-time fiscal year
*2 Record high for month of March
April 2020 - March 2021
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
- Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
March 2021
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third 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
| April 2020 - March 2021 | March 2021 | |||
| Units | FY on FY | Units | YOY | |
| Total | 613,862 | 89.1% | 80,084 | 103.2% |
| Registrations | 284,426 | 85.9% | 34,147 | 86.6% |
| Mini-vehicles | 329,436 | 92.2% | 45,937 | 120.4% |
April 2020 - March 2021
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive year.
- Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
- Fit was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for April 2020 - March 2021 with sales of 94,311 units. Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car with sales of 73,368 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car among mini-vehicles for April 2020 - March 2021 with sales of 197,900 units. N-WGN was the industry’s tenth best-selling car with sales of 61,421 units.
March 2021
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.
- Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
- Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of March 2021 with sales of 9,764 units. Fit was the industry’s tenth best-selling car with sales of 9,231 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of March 2021 with sales of 27,164 units.
Exports from Japan
| April 2020 - March 2021 | March 2021 | |||
| Units | FY on FY | Units | YOY | |
| Total | 77,221 | 68.7% | 3,767 | 39.1% |
| North America | 4,277 | 31.8% | 517 | 176.5% |
| (USA) | 4,035 | 32.5% | 517 | 176.5% |
| Europe | 59,704 | 74.3% | 2,271 | 27.6% |
| Asia | 6,155 | 76.8% | 353 | 57.0% |
| Others | 7,085 | 66.4% | 626 | 127.0% |
April 2020 - March 2021
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
March 2021
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.