Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of January 2018.
Worldwide Production
| January 2018 | ||
| Units | vs.'17 | |
| Japan | 61,693 | -1.9% |
| Outside of Japan | 411,302 * | +17.6% |
| Worldwide Total | 472,995 * | +14.6% |
* Record high for month of January
Production Outside of Japan
| January 2018 | ||
| Units | vs.'17 | |
| North America | 172,951 * | +9.2% |
| (USA) | 113,021 * | +10.1% |
| Europe | 16,191 | +5.8% |
| Asia | 207,211 * | +26.5% |
| (China) | 136,699 * | +33.4% |
| Others | 14,949 | +20.9% |
| Overseas Total | 411,302 * | +17.6% |
* Record high for month of January
Production in Japan for the month of January 2018 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifh consecutive month (since September 2017).
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the ninth consecutive month (since May 2017), setting record high production for the month of January. This includes record high production for the month of January in North America, USA, Asia and China.
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the ninth consecutive month (since May 2017), also setting record high production for the month of January.
Sales in the Japanese Market
| Vehicle type | January 2018 | |
| Units | vs.'17 | |
| Registrations | 28,092 | -7.4% |
| Mini-Vehicles | 28,317 | -2.9% |
| Honda Brand Total | 56,409 | -5.2% |
Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of January 2018 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since December 2017).
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifth consecutive month (since September 2017).
Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five months (since August 2017).
＜Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles＞
FIT was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of January 2018 with sales of 7,012 units. FREED was the industry’s ninth best-selling car with sales of 6,050 units.
＜Mini-vehicles - under 660cc＞
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of January 2018 with sales of 19,309 units. N-WGN was the industry’s tenth best-selling car with sales of 5,226 units.
Exports from Japan
| January 2018 | ||
| Units | vs.'17 | |
| North America | 3,038 | +56.2% |
| （USA) | 2,984 | +56.6% |
| Europe | 3,863 | +107.7% |
| Asia | 1,379 | +161.7% |
| Others | 738 | +29.0% |
| Total | 9,018 | +83.9% |
Total exports from Japan in January 2018 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in eight months (since May 2017).