Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of May 2020.
World Production
| May 2020 | YOY |
Jan. – May 2020 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 47,116 | 61.3% | 304,589 | 77.2% |
| Outside of Japan | 174,485 | 45.5% | 1,080,153 | 58.2% |
| North America | 39,158 | 22.9% | 443,634 | 54.3% |
| (USA) | 28,047 | 24.8% | 300,068 | 54.9% |
| Europe | 0 | 0.0% | 21,652 | 43.9% |
| Asia | 133,413 | 70.2% | 576,947 | 63.1% |
| (China) | 126,057 | 98.6% | 435,052 | 71.7% |
| Others | 1,914 | 12.0% | 37,920 | 50.3% |
| Total | 221,601 | 48.2% | 1,384,742 | 61.5% |
-Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 9th consecutive month.
-Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 8th consecutive month.
-Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for 10th consecutive month.
Sales in the Japanese market
| May 2020 | YOY | Jan. – May 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 32,747 | 54.9% | 264,848 | 78.8% |
| Registrations | 16,622 | 57.5% | 126,029 | 75.0% |
| Mini-vehicles | 16,125 | 52.4% | 138,819 | 82.6% |
-Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 8th consecutive month.
-New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 8th consecutive month.
-Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 3rd consecutive month.
-Fit was the industry’s 3rd best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of May 2020 with sales of 7,235 units. Freed was the industry’s 8th best-selling car with sales of 3,612 units. -N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of May 2020 with sales of 11,655 units.
Exports from Japan
| May 2020 |
YOY |
Jan. – May 2020 |
YOY | |
| Total | 7,550 | 76.6% | 39,255 | 60.4% |
| North America | 132 | 8.2% | 2,305 | 11.1% |
| (USA) | 84 | 5.8% | 1,849 | 9.1% |
| Europe | 6,609 | 108.0% | 31,273 | 90.9% |
| Asia | 267 | 28.6% | 2,521 | 46.1% |
| Others | 542 | 45.5% | 3,156 | 73.4% |
-Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 2nd consecutive month.