Honda Sets Half of Fiscal Year Records for Automobile Production in China
Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production Worldwide, Overseas, in Asia and China

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for for the first half of the current fiscal year (April 2020-March 2021) and the month of September 2020.

October 29, 2020

Corporate

World Production

  September 2020 YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Japan 66,851  102.4%
332,303
74.9%
Outside of Japan 405,845  111.2%
1,777,483
81.7%
North America 151,562  103.6%
623,896
67.3%
(USA) 102,112  105.6%
418,261
67.6%
Europe 8,030  77.3%
25,156
52.3%
Asia 232,621*1
120.6%
1,089,379
97.3%
(China) 189,060*1 133.9%
957,367*2
121.3%
Others 13,632     
88.4% 39,052
47.8%
Total 472,696*1
109.9%
2,109,786
80.5%

 *1 Record high for the month of September
 *2 Record high for any half of fiscal years

The First Half of Current Fiscal Year

-Production in Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year  decrease for the first time in five years.
-Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
-Worldwide production for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in nine years.

September 2020

-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 13 months.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 14 months.

Sales in the Japanese Market

  September 2020
YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Total 59,504
81.4%
281,586
74.2%
Registrations 27,086
75.4%
135,779
72.2%
Mini-vehicles 32,418
87.2%
145,807
76.2%

The First Half of Current Fiscal Year

-Total Japanese sales for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
-New vehicle registrations for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years.
-Sales of mini-vehicles for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years. 

September 2020

-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the seventh consecutive month.
-Fit was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2020 with sales of 8,922 units. Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2020 with sales of 7,689 units. 
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2020 with sales of 18,631 units. N-WGN was the industry’s sixth best-selling car  in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2020 with sales of 8,977 units. 

Exports from Japan

  September 2020
YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2020
(Apr.-Sep. 2020)
YOY
Total 7,746
71.3% 50,393
80.0%
North America 410
115.8%
3,285
38.9%
(USA) 410
115.8%
3,045
37.8%
Europe 5,273
60.5%
38,544
86.7%
Asia 851
104.9%
3,866
81.7%
Others 1,212
124.8%
4,698
87.0%

The First Half of Current Fiscal Year

-Total exports from Japan for the first half of current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.

September 2020

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