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.