Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of February 2021.
World Production
| Feb. 2021 | YOY | Jan.- Feb. 2021 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 47,158 | 66.4% | 96,922 | 73.6% |
| Outside of Japan | 271,674 | 124.5% | 573,596 | 105.6% |
| North America | 121,237 | 83.2% | 233,015 | 77.9% |
| (USA) | 77,345 | 77.9% | 150,146 | 74.3% |
| Europe | 7,734 | 97.7% | 13,103 | 79.5% |
| Asia | 134,135 | 256.4% | 308,656 | 151.2% |
| (China) | 90,819 | 1593.3% | 227,090 | 202.0% |
| Others | 8,568 | 69.4% | 18,822 | 79.6% |
| Total | 318,832 | 110.2% | 670,518 | 99.3% |
– 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 increase for the first time in two months.
– Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
Sales in the Japanese Market
| Feb. 2021 | YOY | Jan.- Feb. 2021 |
YOY | |
| Total | 54,227 | 86.3% | 101,758 | 92.9% |
| Registrations | 23,884 | 85.5% | 43,562 | 91.5% |
| Mini-vehicles | 30,343 | 87.0% | 58,196 | 94.0% |
– Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five months.
– New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five months.
– Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five months.
– N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of February 2021 with sales of 18,591 units.
Exports from Japan
| Feb. 2021 | YOY | Jan.- Feb. 2021 |
YOY | |
| Total | 2,170 | 26.4% | 4,770 | 34.4% |
| North America | 107 | 9.6% | 252 | 13.6% |
| (USA) | 107 | 11.4% | 252 | 17.5% |
| Europe | 1,197 | 22.0% | 2,869 | 31.4% |
| Asia | 536 | 74.2% | 687 | 56.7% |
| Others | 330 | 35.8% | 962 | 58.3% |
– Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the third consecutive month.