Honda Sets Monthly Records for Automobile Production Overseas, in Asia and China
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the year of 2020 as well as for the month of December 2020.
January 28, 2021
World Production
| December 2020 | YOY | Jan.- Dec. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 61,486 | 121.2% | 729,500 | 86.5% |
| Outside of Japan | 366,506 ＊ | 117.4% | 3,669,083 | 84.8% |
| North America | 117,328 | 116.0% | 1,450,518 | 79.8% |
| (USA) | 75,956 | 113.1% | 966,448 | 80.2% |
| Europe | 5,353 | 90.4% | 69,408 | 63.8% |
| Asia | 234,257 ＊ | 120.2% | 2,045,573 | 91.5% |
| (China) | 188,767 ＊ | 129.7% | 1,644,891 | 105.0% |
| Others | 9,568 | 92.6% | 103,584 | 62.2% |
| Total | 427,992 | 117.9% | 4,398,583 | 85.1% |
* Record high for the month of December
Calendar Year of 2020
-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
-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 second consecutive year.
December 2020
-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese Market
| December 2020 | YOY | Jan.- Dec. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 45,445 | 116.2% | 619,115 | 85.7% |
| Registrations | 20,988 | 119.6% | 293,777 | 82.3% |
| Mini-vehicles | 24,457 | 113.5% | 325,338 | 89.2% |
Calendar Year of 2020
-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive year.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
-Fit was the industry’s fourth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the calendar year 2020 with sales of 98,209 units. Freed was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the calendar year 2020 with sales of 76,282 units.
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the calendar year 2020 with sales of 195,986 units. N-WGN was the industry’s ninth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the calendar year 2020 with sales of 69,353 units.
December 2020
-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year increase for the third consecutive month.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year increase for the third consecutive month.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the third consecutive month.
-Fit was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of December 2020 with sales of 6,726 units.
-N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of December 2020 with sales of 13,427 units.
Exports from Japan
| December 2020 | YOY | Jan.- Dec. 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 5,328 | 73.3% | 92,181 | 70.2% |
| North America | 77 | 8.1% | 5,650 | 20.1% |
| (USA) | 76 | 10.5% | 5,000 | 18.4% |
| Europe | 4,866 | 107.8% | 71,945 | 86.9% |
| Asia | 166 | 30.1% | 6,946 | 70.9% |
| Others | 219 | 17.5% | 7,640 | 71.6% |
Calendar Year of 2020
-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.
December 2020
-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.