Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in China

May 28, 2020

Corporate

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of April 2020.

World Production

  Apr. 2020 YOY Jan. - Apr.
2020
YOY
Japan 53,114   67.9% 257,473 81.1%
Outside of Japan 159,633   43.7% 905,668 61.5%
North America 0   0.0% 404,476 62.6%
(USA) 0   0.0% 272,021 62.8%
Europe 0   0.0% 21,652 50.7%
Asia 158,814   87.5% 443,534 61.2%
(China) 152,447 121.1% 308,995 64.6%
Others 819   5.1% 36,006 60.5%
Total 212,747   48.0% 1,163,141 64.9%

*Record high for the month of April

-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 8th consecutive month.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 7th consecutive month.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for 9th consecutive month.

Sales in the Japanese market

  Apr. 2020 YOY Jan. - Apr.
2020
YOY
Total 45,006  80.5% 232,101 84.0%
Registrations 22,347  85.8% 109,407 78.7%
Mini-vehicles 22,659  75.9% 122,694 89.4%

-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 7th consecutive month.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 7th consecutive month.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 2nd consecutive month.
-Fit was the industry’s 2nd best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of April 2020 with sales of 8,977 units. Freed was the industry’s 5th best-selling car with sales of 6,030 units.
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of April 2020 with sales of 14,034 units. N-WGN was the industry’s 6th best-selling car with sales of 4,681 units.

Exports from Japan

  Apr. 2020 YOY Jan. - Apr.
2020
YOY
Total 8,208 64.1% 31,705 57.5%
North America 31 1.3% 2,173 11.3%
(USA) 31 1.3% 1,765 9.4%
Europe 7,283 86.1% 24,664 87.1%
Asia 423 46.1% 2,254 49.7%
Others 471 48.2% 2,614 84.1%

-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for  the first time in two months.