Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales and export results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 as well as for the month of March 2020.
World Production
| April. 2019 – March. 2020 | March 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | FY on FY |
Units | YOY | |
| Japan | 807,991 | 88.6% | 72,696 | 90.3% |
| Outside of Japan | 3,965,536 | 89.6% | 202,692 | 50.8% |
| North America | 1,735,533 | 96.3% | 105,362 | 64.2% |
| (USA) | 1,153,046 | 94.1% | 69,937 | 65.0% |
| Europe | 95,251 | 63.2% | 5,165 | 47.6% |
| Asia | 1,976,346 | 86.2% | 80,618 | 38.3% |
| (China) | 1,370,459 | 91.5% | 44,103 | 30.6% |
| Others | 158,406 | 87.5% | 11,547 | 83.2% |
| Total | 4,773,527 | 89.4% | 275,388 | 57.4% |
April 2019 – March 2020
Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
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 first time in eight years.
March 2020
Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 7th consecutive month.
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for 8th consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese market
| April. 2019 – March. 2020 | March 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | FY on FY |
Units | YOY | |
| Total | 688,615 | 92.0% | 77,580 | 86.6% |
| Registrations | 331,213 | 88.1% | 39,435 | 82.9% |
| Mini-vehicles | 357,402 | 95.9% | 38,145 | 90.7% |
April 2019 – March 2020
Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive year.
Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four years.
Freed was the industry’s 7th best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for April 2019 – March 2020 with sales of 84,395 units. Fit was the industry’s 10th best-selling car with sales of 76,100 units.
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car among mini-vehicles for April 2019 – March 2020 with sales of 247,708 units.
March 2020
Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 6th consecutive month.
Mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two months.
Fit was the industry’s second best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of March 2020 with sales of 14,845 units. Freed was the industry’s 9th best-selling car with sales of 9,528 units.
N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of March 2020 with sales of 22,078 units. N-WGN was the industry’s 6th best-selling car with sales of 10,271 units.
Exports from Japan
| April. 2019 – March. 2020 | March 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | FY on FY | Units | YOY | |
| Total | 112,482 | 60.8% | 9,645 | 113.4% |
| North America | 13,449 | 15.5% | 293 | 10.8% |
| (USA) | 12,434 | 14.5% | 293 | 10.8% |
| Europe | 80,341 | 103.7% | 8,240 | 224.8% |
| Asia | 8,019 | 75.8% | 619 | 41.6% |
| Others | 10,673 | 103.3% | 493 | 77.3% |
April 2019 – March 2020
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in two years.
March 2020
Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in 10 months.