Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of June 2021 and the first half of the calendar year (January – June 2021).
World Production
| June 2021 | YOY | Jan.- Jun. 2021 |
YOY | |
| Japan | 64,778 | 100.2% | 316,493 | 85.7% |
| Outside of Japan | 284,213 | 87.5% | 1,817,263 | 129.3% |
| North America | 114,827 |
86.5% |
694,805 | 120.6% |
| USA | 70,869 | 81.6% | 463,643 | 119.8% |
| Asia | 151,935 | 82.2% | 1,014,886 | 133.2% |
| China | 116,965 | 69.0% | 785,874＊ |
130.0% |
| Europe | 6,921 |
149.1% |
46,829 | 178.1% |
| Others | 10,530 |
407.5% |
60,743 | 149.9% |
| Total | 348,991 | 89.6% | 2,133,756 | 120.3% |
* Record high for first half-year periods
June 2021
– Production in Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two months.
– Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five months.
– Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five months.
The First Half of Calendar Year 2021
– Production in Japan for the first half of calendar year 2021 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year (since the first sixth months of 2020).
– Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of calendar year 2021 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years (since the first six months of 2018).
– Production worldwide for the first half of calendar year 2021 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since the first six months of 2019).
Sales in the Japanese Market
| June 2021 | YOY | Jan.- Jun. 2021 |
YOY | |
| Total | 47,653 | 98.6% | 315,806 | 100.8% |
| Registrations | 20,414 | 82.7% | 134,650 | 89.3% |
| Mini-vehicles | 27,239 |
115.1% |
181,156 | 111.5% |
June 2021
– Total Japanese sales experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in four months.
– New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the fifth consecutive month.
– Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month.
– VEZEL was the industry’s ninth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the month of June 2021 with sales of 5,692 units.
– N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of June 2021 with sales of 17,479 units. N-WGN was the industry’s tenth best-selling car with sales of 3,772 units.
The First Half of Calendar Year 2021
– Total domestic automobile sales in the Japanese market for the first half of calendar year 2021 experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since the first six months of 2019).
– New vehicle registrations experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year (since the first six months of 2020).
– Sales of mini-vehicles experienced a year-on-year increase for the first time in two years (since the first six months of 2019).
– Freed was the industry’s ninth best-selling car among new vehicle registrations for the first six months of 2021 with sales of 35,551 units.
– N-BOX was the industry’s top-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the first six months of 2021 with sales of 110,551 units.
Exports from Japan
| June 2021 | YOY | Jan.- Jun. 2021 |
YOY | |
| Total | 6,416 | 68.0% | 24,451 | 50.2% |
| North America | 1,255 |
117.4% |
4,125 | 122.3% |
| USA | 1,244 | 124.8% | 4,114 | 144.6% |
| Asia | 727 | 119.2% | 3,202 | 102.3% |
| Europe | 4,294 |
57.6% |
13,660 | 35.3% |
| Others | 140 |
47.6% |
3,464 | 100.4% |
June 2020
– Total exports from Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the seventh consecutive month.
The First Half of Calendar Year 2021
– Total exports from Japan for the first six months of 2021 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive year (since the first six months of 2020).