Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production in Asia and China
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of October 2020.
November 27, 2020
World Production
| October 2020 |
YOY | Jan.- Oct. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 66,509 |
118.4% |
603,171 |
81.6% |
| Outside of Japan | 386,231 |
103.7% |
2,909,749 |
79.6% |
| North America | 164,995 |
98.6% |
1,193,367 |
75.5% |
| (USA) | 111,072 |
100.5% |
801,354 |
76.1% |
| Europe | 8,757 |
76.6% |
55,565 |
58.7% |
| Asia | 205,315＊1 |
116.1% |
1,579,414 |
85.8% |
| (China) | 158,722＊1 |
125.6% |
1,272,637 |
100.3% |
| Others | 7,164 |
43.0% |
81,403 |
57.4% |
| Total | 452,740 |
105.7% |
3,512,920 |
79.9% |
*1 Record high for the month of October
-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the second consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese Market
| October 2020 |
YOY | Jan.- Oct. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 53,349 |
138.1% |
522,030 |
81.8% |
| Registrations | 26,478 |
144.0% |
249,317 |
78.1% |
| Mini-vehicles | 26,871 |
132.7% |
272,713 |
85.5% |
-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 13 months.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the fisrt time in 13 months.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in eight months.
-Fit was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2020 with sales of 9,000 units. Freed was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2020 with sales of 7,849 units.
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2020 with sales of 16,052 units. N-WGN was the industry’s nineth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2020 with sales of 5,943 units.
Exports from Japan
| October 2020 |
YOY | Jan.- Oct. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 5,969 |
48.1% |
79,859 |
67.8% |
| North America | 0 |
0.0% |
5,427 |
20.8% |
| (USA) | 0 |
0.0% |
4,779 |
18.8% |
| Europe | 5,270 |
54.6% |
61,195 |
82.8% |
| Asia | 402 |
99.0% | 6,099 |
69.7% |
| Others | 297 |
21.2% |
7,138 |
79.9% |
-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.