Production, Sales and Export Results for March 2022 and April 2021 - March 2022

April 27, 2022

Corporate

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales and export results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 as well as for the month of March 2022.

World Production

  April 2021 - March 2022 March 2022
  Units FY on FY Units YOY
Japan 634,468   92.3% 71,721   109.7%
Outside of Japan 3,508,070   91.2% 316,132   90.7%
Total 4,142,538   91.4% 387,853   93.7%

Production in Main Regions

North America 1,270,964   91.0% 112,276   95.1%
USA 839,093   90.8% 72,048   90.4%
Asia 2,107,253   92.5% 196,727   93.9%
China 1,620,027   86.3% 146,630   90.8%

April 2021 - March 2022

  • Production in Japan: 3rd consecutive year of YOY decrease
  • Production outside Japan: 4th consecutive year of YOY decrease
  • Worldwide production: 3rd consecutive year of YOY decrease

March 2022

  • Production in Japan: 5th consecutive month of YOY increase  
  • Production outside Japan: 1st YOY decrease in 3 months 
  • Worldwide production: 1st YOY decrease in 3 months 

Sales in the Japanese market

  April 2021 - March 2022 March 2022
  Units FY on FY Units YOY
Total 572,265   93.2% 73,501   91.8%
Registrations 274,789   96.6% 34,279   100.4%
Mini-vehicles 297,476   90.3% 39,222   85.4%

April 2021 - March 2022

  • Total sales in Japan: 3rd consecutive year of YOY decrease
  • New vehicle registrations: 5th consecutive year of YOY decrease
  • Sales of mini-vehicles: 3rd consecutive year of YOY decrease

March 2022

  • Total sales in Japan: 2nd consecutive month of YOY decrease
  • New vehicle registrations: 1st YOY increase in 2 months
  • Sales of mini-vehicles: 8th consecutive month of YOY decrease

Exports from Japan

  April 2021 - March 2022 March 2022
  Units FY on FY Units YOY
Total 78,499   101.7% 7,485   198.7%
North America 10,413   243.5% 1   0.2%
USA 10,360   256.8% 1   0.2%
Asia 6,821   110.8% 263   74.5%
Europe 51,709   86.6% 5,997   264.1%
Others 9,556   134.9% 1,224   195.5%

April 2021 - March 2022

  • Total exports from Japan: 1st YOY increase in 3 years

March 2022

  • Total exports from Japan: 6th consecutive month of YOY increase