Production, Sales and Export Results for March 2020 and April 2019 - March 2020

April 28, 2020, Japan

News Release

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales and export results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 as well as for the month of March 2020.

World Production

  April. 2019 - March. 2020
March 2020 
Units FY on FY
Units YOY
Japan
807,991 
88.6%
72,696
90.3% 
Outside of Japan 
3,965,536
89.6%
202,692
50.8%
North America 
1,735,533
96.3%
105,362
64.2%
(USA) 
1,153,046
94.1%
69,937
65.0%
Europe
95,251
63.2%
5,165
47.6%
Asia
1,976,346
86.2%
80,618
38.3%
(China) 
1,370,459
91.5%
44,103
30.6%
Others
158,406
87.5%
11,547
83.2%
Total
4,773,527
89.4%
275,388
57.4%

April 2019 - March 2020
Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in eight years.

March 2020
Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 7th consecutive month.
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for 8th consecutive month. 

Sales in the Japanese market

  April. 2019 - March. 2020
March 2020 
Units FY on FY
Units YOY
Total  688,615
 92.0% 
77,580 
 86.6% 
Registrations  331,213 
88.1% 
 39,435 
 82.9% 
Mini-vehicles  357,402 
 95.9% 
38,145 
 90.7%

April 2019 - March 2020
Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.
Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
Freed was the industry’s 7th best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for April 2019 - March 2020 with sales of 84,395 units. Fit was the industry’s 10th best-selling car with sales of 76,100 units.
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car among mini-vehicles for April 2019 - March 2020 with sales of 247,708 units.

March 2020 
Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month. 
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month. 
Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for  the first time in two months.
Fit was the industry’s second best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of March 2020 with sales of 14,845 units. Freed was the industry’s 9th best-selling car with sales of 9,528 units.
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of March 2020 with sales of 22,078 units. N-WGN was the industry’s 6th best-selling car with sales of 10,271 units.

Exports from Japan

  April. 2019 - March. 2020
 March 2020 
Units FY on FY
Units YOY
Total  112,482 
 60.8% 
 9,645 
 113.4% 
North America 
 13,449 
 15.5% 
293
 10.8% 
(USA) 
12,434 
14.5% 
293 
10.8% 
Europe
80,341 
103.7% 
8,240 
224.8% 
Asia
8,019 
75.8% 
619 
41.6% 
Others 
10,673 
103.3% 
 493 
77.3%

April 2019 - March 2020
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years.

March 2020 
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 10 months.