Japan - Flash report, Production volume, 2018

Flash report, December 2018

30 Jan. 2019

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese OEMs see December vehicle production decline 0.6%, exports grow 0.4%
* According to the various Japanese automakers, production in Japan for December 2018 decline 0.6% y/y to 753,616 units.
* Vehicle production for 2018 increased 0.5% y/y to 9,236,859 units.
* Exports for December rose 0.4% y/y to 414,568 units, and for 2018 grew 3.1% to 4,573,663 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers (December 2018)

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	216,860	-8.2%	23,500	-10.5%	240,360	31.9%	-8.4%
Mazda	86,168	4.5%	910	28.5%	87,078	11.6%	4.7%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	84,479	11.2%	3.4%
Honda	-	-	-	-	81,821	10.9%	6.6%
Daihatsu	61,805	-1.1%	14,398	-3.0%	76,203	10.1%	-1.5%
Nissan	66,039	2.8%	8,654	72.6%	74,693	9.9%	7.9%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	57,223	7.6%	23.9%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	51,759	6.9%	-15.9%
Total	-	-	-	-	753,616	100.0%	-0.6%

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers (2018)

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	2,825,147	-1.5%	313,604	-2.0%	3,138,751	34.0%	-1.6%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	1,013,916	11.0%	2.7%
Mazda	984,291	2.4%	11,973	14.9%	996,264	10.8%	2.6%
Nissan	823,515	-10.6%	107,482	9.2%	930,997	10.1%	-8.7%
Daihatsu	756,745	0.9%	172,656	1.7%	929,401	10.1%	1.1%
Honda	-	-	-	-	891,248	9.6%	9.0%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	676,317	7.3%	16.7%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	659,965	7.1%	-7.0%
Total	-	-	-	-	9,236,859	100.0%	0.5%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Dec. 2018	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	156,786	-10.5%	1,890,170	4.0%
Mazda	80,920	14.5%	829,963	4.6%
Subaru	42,907	-8.4%	533,001	-2.9%
Nissan	49,338	9.0%	504,168	-19.6%
Mitsubishi	42,681	1.2%	445,698	23.8%
Suzuki	17,206	-14.7%	193,947	-6.2%
Honda	24,730	98.9%	176,715	118.0%
Daihatsu	0	-%	1	-50.0%
Total	414,568	0.4%	4,573,663	3.1%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, November 2018

27 Dec. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

November production volumes for the 8 passenger car OEMs in Japan increased 5% in November, while exports decreased 0.6%
· According to Japanese passenger car OEM data, November 2018 production volumes in Japan increased by 5% y/y to 843,988 units.
· November export volumes decreased by 0.6% y/y to 410,858 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	260,519	-2.3%	27,675	-4.8%	288,194	34.1%	-2.5%
Mazda	93,884	1.3%	1,333	72.0%	95,217	11.3%	1.9%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	89,142	10.6%	6.2%
Daihatsu	69,582	9.0%	16,828	4.9%	86,410	10.2%	8.1%
Honda	-	-	-	-	86,283	10.2%	9.4%
Nissan	70,717	29.8%	8,476	78.2%	79,193	9.4%	33.7%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	63,425	7.5%	21.1%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	56,124	6.6%	-6.8%
Total	-	-	-	-	843,988	100.0%	5.0%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Nov. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	162,584	-4.9%
Mazda	82,549	6.1%
Subaru	48,108	-8.1%
Nissan	42,506	-16.1%
Mitsubishi	36,228	10.8%
Honda	19,739	117.4%
Suzuki	19,144	-2.9%
Total	410,858	-0.6%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, October 2018

29 Nov. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

For 8 passenger car OEMs in Japan, October production volumes increase 6.7%, and exports increase 4.2%
· According to Japanese OEMs, production in Japan for October increased 6.7% to 840,835 units from the same period last year.
· Exports for October increased 4.2% to 404,973 units from the same period last year.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	250,808	3.3%	29,557	14.1%	280,365	33.3%	4.3%
Mazda	94,491	12.0%	1,181	14.0%	95,672	11.4%	12.0%
Honda	-	-	-	-	88,818	10.6%	22.7%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	87,249	10.4%	1.7%
Daihatsu	68,259	14.9%	16,909	23.6%	85,168	10.1%	16.5%
Nissan	70,785	-6.4%	6,968	0.4%	77,753	9.2%	-5.8%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	64,234	7.6%	-0.1%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	61,576	7.3%	10.4%
Total	-	-	-	-	840,835	100.0%	6.7%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Oct. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	164,530	4.0%
Mazda	79,638	20.2%
Subaru	50,745	3.3%
Nissan	42,452	-29.7%
Mitsubishi	35,740	20.4%
Suzuki	16,571	-17.2%
Honda	15,297	193.6%
Total	404,973	4.2%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, September 2018

29 Oct. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

For 8 passenger car OEMs in Japan, September production volumes declined 5.9%, and exports declined 6.5%
· September 2018 production volumes decreased by 5.9% to 764,929 units from the same period last year.
· September 2018 export volumes decreased 6.5% to 370,089 units from the same period last year.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	216,799	-12.9%	24,243	-11.4%	241,042	31.5%	-12.8%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	87,403	11.4%	2.8%
Mazda	79,603	-7.8%	977	17.7%	80,580	10.5%	-7.5%
Honda	-	-	-	-	79,748	10.4%	13.8%
Daihatsu	65,400	2.9%	13,359	-12.4%	78,759	10.3%	0.0%
Nissan	66,226	-26.7%	8,484	-2.8%	74,710	9.8%	-24.6%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	63,604	8.3%	18.0%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	59,083	7.7%	-5.3%
Total	-	-	-	-	764,929	100.0%	-5.9%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Sep. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	149,388	-11.4%
Mazda	58,816	-14.8%
Subaru	44,904	-8.0%
Nissan	41,754	-25.8%
Mitsubishi	41,017	19.4%
Honda	18,833	371.1%
Suzuki	15,377	5.3%
Total	370,089	-6.5%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, August 2018

27 Sep. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese OEMs report production at same level as previous month, exports rise 4.5%
* Japanese passenger vehicle makers announced that August production was at the same level as the previous month, with 658,957 units.
* August exports rose 4.5% y/y to 355,462 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	212,361	2.5%	22,690	-6.7%	235,051	35.7%	1.6%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	77,161	11.7%	9.6%
Daihatsu	54,441	4.1%	11,926	7.0%	66,367	10.1%	4.6%
Nissan	57,604	-19.7%	7,110	-5.9%	64,714	9.8%	-18.4%
Mazda	63,727	-7.1%	777	-7.9%	64,504	9.8%	-7.1%
Honda	-	-	-	-	58,165	8.8%	5.5%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	46,525	7.1%	-6.2%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	46,470	7.1%	15.8%
Total	-	-	-	-	658,957	100.0%	0.0%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Aug. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	145,546	6.4%
Mazda	57,387	-9.3%
Subaru	48,568	23.5%
Nissan	38,546	-25.3%
Mitsubishi	33,602	33.1%
Suzuki	16,725	-14.4%
Honda	15,087	254.2%
Daihatsu	1	-%
Total	355,462	4.5%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, July 2018

30 Aug. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese passenger vehicle makers report July production down 2.1%, exports 7%
* Japanese automakers reported that July 2018 fell 2.1% y/y to 758,534 units.
* July exports fell 7% y/y to 359,082 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	244,337	0.8%	26,218	-7.3%	270,555	35.7%	-0.1%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	90,507	11.9%	17.0%
Honda	-	-	-	-	78,231	10.3%	25.0%
Nissan	68,519	-23.0%	9,212	3.8%	77,731	10.2%	-20.6%
Daihatsu	59,130	-7.8%	13,325	-6.7%	72,455	9.6%	-7.6%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	58,565	7.7%	1.3%
Mazda	57,595	-30.8%	584	-39.5%	58,179	7.7%	-30.9%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	52,311	6.9%	14.4%
Total	-	-	-	-	758,534	100.0%	-2.1%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Jul. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	166,361	9.7%
Mazda	52,621	-26.8%
Nissan	38,852	-37.6%
Subaru	38,044	-18.6%
Mitsubishi	32,081	14.9%
Honda	16,301	149.7%
Suzuki	14,822	-23.0%
Total	359,082	-7.0%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, June 2018

27 Jul. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese OEMs see passenger vehicle production fall 4.4%, exports decline 3.2% in June
* According to figures released by Japanese passenger vehicle OEMs, June production in Japan fell 4.4% y/y to 779,678 units.
* Exports fell 3.2% y/y to 388,763 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	234,003	-7.7%	27,117	-5.1%	261,120	33.5%	-7.5%
Mazda	95,652	16.1%	1,309	41.1%	96,961	12.4%	16.4%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	88,138	11.3%	8.7%
Daihatsu	63,177	-9.9%	15,422	6.9%	78,599	10.1%	-7.0%
Nissan	66,548	-25.9%	10,334	-0.5%	76,882	9.9%	-23.3%
Honda	-	-	-	-	66,707	8.6%	-6.2%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	57,469	7.4%	19.8%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	53,802	6.9%	-17.0%
Total	-	-	-	-	779,678	100.0%	-4.4%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Jun. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	152,469	-3.6%
Mazda	76,764	8.1%
Nissan	50,385	-26.5%
Mitsubishi	41,265	37.1%
Subaru	39,560	-18.3%
Suzuki	16,788	2.4%
Honda	11,532	31.0%
Total	388,763	-3.2%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, May 2018

28 Jun. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese automakers see production rise 4.4%, exports increase 8.7% in May
* According to Japanese passenger vehicle makers, production in May 2018 rose 4.4% y/y to 686,382 units.
* Exports rose 8.7% y/y to 327,106 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	205,710	2.9%	25,964	4.1%	231,674	33.8%	3.0%
Mazda	76,843	13.3%	1,022	27.6%	77,865	11.3%	13.5%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	76,159	11.1%	7.6%
Nissan	65,275	-3.4%	9,572	39.7%	74,847	10.9%	0.6%
Daihatsu	56,686	-2.0%	12,194	-2.9%	68,880	10.0%	-2.2%
Honda	-	-	-	-	65,100	9.5%	8.6%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	48,265	7.0%	33.9%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	43,592	6.4%	-16.4%
Total	-	-	-	-	686,382	100.0%	4.4%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	May 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	134,999	-0.6%
Mazda	60,709	13.0%
Nissan	37,666	6.1%
Subaru	34,431	-13.2%
Mitsubishi	31,422	58.9%
Suzuki	19,587	92.1%
Honda	8,292	28.2%
Total	327,106	8.7%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, April 2018

30 May 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese OEMs see production rise 3.7% and exports 16.8% in April
* According to Japanese automotive OEMs, production in Japan for April 2018 rose 3.7% to 735,145 units.
* Exports for April rose 16.8% to 411,759 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	226,603	1.6%	26,224	-3.2%	252,827	34.4%	1.1%
Mazda	81,935	10.3%	1,103	24.6%	83,038	11.3%	10.5%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	79,648	10.8%	-1.7%
Nissan	67,674	8.8%	9,814	14.4%	77,488	10.5%	9.5%
Daihatsu	56,875	-8.9%	12,086	-1.7%	68,961	9.4%	-7.7%
Honda	-	-	-	-	67,540	9.2%	6.3%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	57,360	7.8%	-3.4%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	48,283	6.6%	42.3%
Total	-	-	-	-	735,145	100.0%	3.7%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Apr. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	176,552	20.9%
Mazda	70,693	4.6%
Nissan	52,388	22.1%
Subaru	48,887	1.1%
Mitsubishi	30,976	40.5%
Suzuki	19,465	-2.7%
Honda	12,798	133.9%
Total	411,759	16.8%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, March 2018

26 Apr. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese passenger vehicle makers see production rise 1.2% and exports grow 7.1% in March
* According to the eight Japanese passenger vehicle makers, production in Japan for March 2018 rose 1.2 y/y to 895,236 units.
* March exports rose 7.1% y/y to 418,034 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	274,858	0.6%	28,857	5.2%	303,715	33.9%	1.0%
Nissan	85,048	0.6%	14,409	40.1%	99,457	11.1%	4.9%
Mazda	93,012	-1.9%	1,118	18.4%	94,130	10.5%	-1.7%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	91,359	10.2%	-5.2%
Daihatsu	73,148	0.8%	16,814	-2.8%	89,962	10.0%	0.1%
Honda	-	-	-	-	82,789	9.2%	10.2%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	69,378	7.7%	10.1%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	64,446	7.2%	-4.7%
Total	-	-	-	-	895,236	100.0%	1.2%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Mar. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	172,955	12.9%
Mazda	76,200	2.0%
Subaru	50,345	1.7%
Mitsubishi	47,358	28.0%
Nissan	42,787	-15.1%
Suzuki	14,567	-25.5%
Honda	13,822	124.6%
Total	418,034	7.1%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, February 2018

29 Mar. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Eight Japanese automakers see production rise 0.5% and exports grow 12.2% in February
* According to Japanese automakers, February 2018 production rose 0.5%y/y to 815,365 units.
* February exports rose 12.2 y/y to 395,584 units.

Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	252,821	1.2%	27,312	2.4%	280,133	34.4%	1.3%
Nissan	78,606	-6.9%	9,782	-13.3%	88,388	10.8%	-7.7%
Mazda	86,308	11.5%	899	-0.4%	87,207	10.7%	11.3%
Daihatsu	67,455	4.2%	15,906	5.3%	83,361	10.2%	4.4%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	82,035	10.1%	-13.8%
Honda	-	-	-	-	74,353	9.1%	7.6%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	60,108	7.4%	9.0%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	59,780	7.3%	0.7%
Total	-	-	-	-	815,365	100.0%	0.5%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Feb. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	170,499	21.0%
Mazda	66,365	16.9%
Subaru	50,964	13.8%
Mitsubishi	42,025	29.7%
Nissan	40,687	-22.9%
Suzuki	13,778	-19.4%
Honda	11,266	45.4%
Total	395,584	12.2%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers

Flash report, January 2018

27 Feb. 2018

*Data in the flash report may from time to time differ from data in the detail report due to a difference in the data source.

Eight Japanese passenger vehicle OEMs announced that their vehicle production declined 3.1%, while exports rose 6.1% in January.
* According to the various Japanese passenger vehicle makers, the number of vehicles they produced in Japan for January fell 3.1% y/y to 702,808 units.
* Exports in January rose 6.1% y/y to 317,385 units.


Vehicle production volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	PCs	Y-o-Y	CVs	Y-o-Y	Total	Share	Y-o-Y
Toyota	228,402	1.2%	24,247	0.8%	252,649	35.9%	1.1%
Suzuki	-	-	-	-	80,636	11.5%	2.1%
Mazda	74,755	12.3%	760	-4.6%	75,515	10.7%	12.1%
Daihatsu	60,787	7.9%	13,489	5.8%	74,276	10.6%	7.5%
Nissan	60,474	-31.0%	4,667	-49.4%	65,141	9.3%	-32.8%
Honda	-	-	-	-	61,693	8.8%	-1.9%
Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	48,205	6.9%	-2.7%
Subaru	-	-	-	-	44,693	6.4%	-11.4%
Total	-	-	-	-	702,808	100.0%	-3.1%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers


Export volume of Japanese passenger car manufacturers

Make	Jan. 2018	Y-o-Y
Toyota	137,501	13.3%
Mazda	67,301	33.5%
Subaru	35,538	1.6%
Mitsubishi	31,303	17.7%
Nissan	26,807	-47.3%
Suzuki	9,917	-2.5%
Honda	9,018	83.9%
Total	317,385	6.1%

Source: Various publicity materials by automakers