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Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in China

November 28, 2019, Japan

News Release

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of October 2019.

Worldwide Production

  October 2019 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Oct. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
Japan 56,183 63.3% 739,404 102.2%
Outside of Japan 372,214 95.2% 3,657,138 98.3%
Worldwide Total  428,397 89.3% 4,396,542 99.0%

Production Outside of Japan

  October 2019 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan.-Oct. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
North America 167,384　  98.7% 1,580,760 103.3%
(USA) 110,506　  88.1% 1,053,558 100.7%
Europe 11,436　  75.4% 94,724 69.4%
Asia 176,742　  93.1% 1,839,931 97.3%
(China) 126,391 * 106.5% 1,268,251 104.2%
Others 16,652　  102.0% 141,723 87.8%
Overseas Total 428,397　  89.3% 4,396,542 99.0%

*Record high for the month of October

Production in Japan for the month of October 2019 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since Sep 2019).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months (since Aug 2019).

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive month (since Aug 2019).

Sales in the Japanese Market

Vehicle type October 2019 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Oct. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
Registrations 18,391
 59.5% 319,404 100.4%
Mini-Vehicles 20,248
 61.5% 319,056 102.6%
Honda Brand Total 38,639
 60.5% 638,460 101.5%

Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the month of October 2019 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in seven months (since Mar 2019).

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in seven months (since Mar 2019).

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in seven months (since Mar 2019).

<Vehicle registrations - excluding mini-vehicles>
FREED sales was 4,368 units.

<Mini-vehicles - under 660cc>
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2019 with sales of 15,782 units. 

Exports from Japan

  October 2019 Year-to-Date Total
(Jan. - Oct. 2019)
Units vs.'18 Units vs.'18
North America 957 16.0% 26,149 41.4%
(USA) 957 16.1% 25,443 40.6%
Europe 9,645 119.8% 73,927 146.8%
Asia 406 89.4% 8,752 91.7%
Others 1,398 169.9% 8,930 97.5%
Total 12,406 81.1% 117,758 89.0%

Total exports from Japan in October 2019 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifth consecutive month (since June 2019).