Honda Motor Company today announced that global of 4,056,141 vehicles stetting an all-time high for the Japanese fiscal year ending 31 March 2013. Production in North America, the U.S., Asia, regions outside of Japan, and worldwide experienced a year-o
Exports from Japan at 163,324 decreased -35% reflecting the strong Japanese Yen and concerted efforts by larger Japanese automakers to move production offshore to increase profits.
During March, Honda set a record for any month in its history for production outside of Japan at 295,693 vehicles. This was the 14th consecutive monthly year-on-year increase, and now includes an all-time monthly record for production in Asia at 118,973 vehicles. China alone accounted for 65,659 of the Asian total.n-year increase for the first time since fiscal year 2011.
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Honda Motor Company – Worldwide Production |
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| Fiscal Year 2013: 2012 April 2013 March | March 2013 | |||||
| Units | v FY12 | Units | v ’12 | |||
| Japan | 876,039 | +0.6% | 61,666 | -48.5% | ||
| Outside Japan | 3,180,102 | Record | +40.5% | 295,693 | Record any month | +5.5% |
| Worldwide | 4,056,141 | Record | +29.4% | 357,359 | -10.7% | |
