Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in China
May 28, 2020
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.