Honda releases production, sales and export results for December 2021

TOKYO, January 28, 2022 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, domestic sales in Japan and export results for the month of December 2021.
World output
Calendar year 2021
– Production in Japan saw a year-on-year decline for the third consecutive year.
– Production in regions outside Japan saw a year-on-year decline for the third consecutive year.
– Global production fell year-on-year for the third year in a row.
December 2021
– Production in Japan saw a year-on-year increase for the second month in a row.
– Production in regions outside of Japan saw a year-on-year decline for the seventh consecutive month.
– Global production fell year-on-year for the seventh consecutive month.
Japanese market sales
Calendar year 2021
– Total Japanese sales fell year-over-year for the third year in a row.
– New vehicle registrations fell year-on-year for the fifth consecutive year.
– Mini-vehicle sales fell year-over-year for the third year in a row.
– Freed was the industry’s ninth-best-selling car among new-vehicle registrations for calendar year 2021 with sales of 69,577 units.
– The N-BOX was the industry’s best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for calendar year 2021 with sales of 188,940 units.
December 2021
– Total Japanese sales fell year-over-year for the seventh consecutive month.
– New vehicle registrations saw a year-over-year increase for the second month in a row.
– Mini-vehicle sales fell year-over-year for the fifth straight month.
– Freed was the ninth best-selling car in the industry among new vehicle registrations for the month of December 2021 with sales of 5,331 units. VEZEL was the tenth best-selling car in the industry among new vehicle registrations for the month of December 2021 with sales of 4,476 units.
– N-BOX was the industry’s best-selling car in the mini-vehicle category for the month of December 2021 with sales of 13,439 units.
Exports from Japan
Calendar year 2021
– Japan’s total exports fell year-on-year for the third year in a row.
December 2021
– Japan’s total exports saw a year-on-year increase for the third consecutive month.
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