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 2021YOY1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021
(Apr.-Sep. 2021)
YOY
Japan29,743 44.5%271,050 81.6%
Outside of Japan301,197 74.2%1,707,742 96.1%
Total330,940 70.0%1,978,792 93.8%

Production in Main Regions

North America86,193 56.9%652,641 104.6%
USA53,625 52.5%434,016 103.8%
Asia204,889 88.1%962,903 88.4%
China169,306 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 2021YOY1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021
(Apr.-Sep. 2021)
YOY
Total39,657 66.6%266,849 94.8%
Registrations20,940 77.3%123,969 91.3%
Mini-vehicles18,717 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 2021YOY1st Half of Fiscal Year 2021
(Apr.-Sep. 2021)
YOY
Total5,117 66.1%31,102 61.7%
North America1,583 386.1%7,900 240.5%
USA1,543 376.3%7,847 257.7%
Asia409 48.1%3,757 97.2%
Europe2,761 52.4%16,076 41.7%
Others364 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.