Production, Sales and Export Results in July, 2021

August 30, 2021, Japan

News Release

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic  sales, and export results for the month of July 2021.

World Production

  July 2021 YOY Jan.- Jul.
2021
YOY
Japan 63,302 109.1% 379,795 88.9%
Outside of Japan 260,815 71.3% 2,078,078 117.4%
North America 111,974 77.2% 806,779 111.8%
USA 70,324 72.9% 533,967 110.5%
Asia 134,119 65.7% 1,149,005 119.0%
China 98,436 55.0% 884,310 112.9%
Europe 7,444 84.1% 54,273 154.4%
Others 7,278 94.1% 68,021 141.0%
Total 324,117 76.5% 2,457,873 111.8%

- 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 decrease for the second consecutive month.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.

Sales in the Japanese Market

  July 2021 YOY Jan.- Jul.
2021
YOY
Total 52,572 99.8% 368,378 100.7%
Registrations 25,634 99.1% 160,284 90.8%
Mini-vehicles 26,938 100.6% 208,094 109.9%

- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the sixth consecutive month.
- Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month.    
- VEZEL was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of July 2021 with sales of 7,573 units.     
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of July 2021 with sales of 16,992 units. N-WGN was the industry’s tenth best-selling car with sales of 3,708 units.    

Exports from Japan

  July 2021 YOY Jan.- Jul.
2021
YOY
Total 6,524 63.8% 30,975 52.6%
North America 1,356 236.2% 5,481 138.8%
USA 1,354 235.9% 5,468 159.9%
Asia 720 80.5% 3,922 97.4%
Europe 3,714 47.3% 17,374 37.3%
Others 734 80.5% 4,198 96.2%

- Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the eighth consecutive month.