Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of February 2020.
World Production
| Feb. 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Feb. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 71,006 | 86.4% | 131,663 | 82.8% |
| Outside of Japan | 218,249 | 70.7% | 543,342 | 76.6% |
| North America | 145,678 | 95.2% | 299,114 | 92.9% |
| (USA) | 99,278 | 95.3% | 202,084 | 93.4% |
| Europe | 7,918 | 78.6% | 16,487 | 67.7% |
| Asia | 52,311 | 39.8% | 204,102 | 61.3% |
| (China) | 5,700 | 7.6% | 112,445 | 53.9% |
| Others | 12,342 | 85.6% | 23,639 | 80.1% |
| Total | 289,255 | 74.0% | 675,005 | 77.8% |
- Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
- Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 5th consecutive month.
- Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for 7th consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese market
| Feb. 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Feb. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 62,827 | 90.4% | 109,515 | 83.7% |
| Registrations | 27,948 | 79.1% | 47,625 | 72.8% |
| Mini-vehicles | 34,879 | 102.1% | 61,890 | 94.6% |
- Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 5th consecutive month.
- New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 5th consecutive month.
- Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in five months.
- Fit was the industry’s 7th best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of February 2020 with sales of 8,221 units. Freed was the industry’s 10th best-selling car with sales of 7,319 units.
- N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of February 2020 with sales of 19,177 units. N-WGN was the industry’s 5th best-selling car with sales of 11,121 units.
Exports from Japan
| Feb. 2020 | YOY | Jan. - Feb. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 8,209 | 53.6% | 13,852 | 40.9% |
| North America | 1,120 | 19.1% | 1,849 | 13.2% |
| (USA) | 936 | 16.5% | 1,441 | 10.5% |
| Europe | 5,445 | 77.3% | 9,141 | 56.5% |
| Asia | 722 | 47.5% | 1,212 | 57.0% |
| Others | 922 | 105.6% | 1,650 | 110.4% |
- Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 9th consecutive month.