Production, Sales and Export Results in September, 2021

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the first half of the current fiscal year (April 2021-March 2022) and the month of September 2021.

World Production

  September 2021 YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021
(Apr.-Sep. 2021)
YOY
Japan 29,743  44.5% 271,050  81.6%
Outside of Japan 301,197  74.2% 1,707,742  96.1%
Total 330,940  70.0% 1,978,792  93.8%

Production in Main Regions

North America 86,193  56.9% 652,641  104.6%
USA 53,625  52.5% 434,016  103.8%
Asia 204,889  88.1% 962,903  88.4%
China 169,306  89.6% 752,633  78.6%

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 second consecutive year.

Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.

Worldwide production for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.

September 2021

Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.

Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.

Sales in the Japanese Market

  September 2021 YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021
(Apr.-Sep. 2021)
YOY
Total 39,657  66.6% 266,849  94.8%
Registrations 20,940  77.3% 123,969  91.3%
Mini-vehicles 18,717  57.7% 142,880  98.0%

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 second consecutive year.

New vehicle registrations for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.

Sales of mini-vehicles for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year.

September 2021

Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fourth consecutive month.

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.

Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month.

Freed was the industry’s seventh best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2021 with sales of 6,139 units. VEZEL was the industry’s ninth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2021 with sales of 3,901 units. Fit was the industry’s tenth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of September 2021 with sales of 3,730 units.

N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2021 with sales of 11,805 units. N-WGN was the industry’s ninth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of September 2021 with sales of 4,453 units.

Exports from Japan

  September 2021 YOY 1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021
(Apr.-Sep. 2021)
YOY
Total 5,117  66.1% 31,102  61.7%
North America 1,583  386.1% 7,900  240.5%
USA 1,543  376.3% 7,847  257.7%
Asia 409  48.1% 3,757  97.2%
Europe 2,761  52.4% 16,076  41.7%
Others 364  30.0% 3,369  71.7%

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 third consecutive year.

September 2021

Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the tenth consecutive month.