Production, Sales and Export Results in October, 2021

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of October 2021.

World Production

  October
2021
YOY
Jan.- Oct.
2021
YOY
Japan
49,415
74.3%
482,743
80.0%
Outside of Japan
276,988
71.7%
2,906,829
99.9%
Total
326,403
72.1%
3,389,572
96.5%

Production in Main Regions

North America
88,439
53.6%
1,092,133
91.5%
USA
60,326
54.3%
724,225
90.4%
Asia
181,720
88.5%
1,662,681
105.3%
China
138,492
87.3%
1,279,661
100.6%

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

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

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

Sales in the Japanese Market

  October
2021
YOY
Jan.- Oct.
2021
YOY
Total
39,733
74.5%
488,424
93.6%
Registrations
26,259
99.2%
227,937
91.4%
Mini-vehicles
13,474
50.1%
260,487
95.5%

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

New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decreasefor the second consecutive month.

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

VEZEL was the industry’s fifth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2021 with sales of 6,826 units. Freed was the industry’s sixth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2021 with sales of 6,237 units. Fit was the industry’s eighth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of October 2021 with sales of 5,403 units.

N-BOX was the industry’s third best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2021 with sales of 7,442 units. N-WGN was the industry’s tenth best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of October 2021 with sales of 4,396 units.

Exports from Japan

  October
2021
YOY
Jan.- Oct.
2021
YOY
Total
7,284
122.0%
46,923
58.8%
North America
641

9,310
171.5%
USA
641

9,257
193.7%
Asia
608
151.2%
5,405
88.6%
Europe
5,120
97.2%
26,336
43.0%
Others
915
308.1%
5,872
82.3%

Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 11 months.