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25 April 2012

Suzuki fiscal 2011 car production, sales, and export figures (preliminary)

Production

  Fiscal 2011
(Apr. 2011-Mar. 2012)
% change on year
Japan production 1 1,020,456 102.6%
Overseas production 2 1,781,936 94.6%
Global production 2,802,392 97.4%
  • 1 Japan production: Complete built-up (CBU) units + complete knocked-down (CKD) units
  • 2 Overseas production: Units completed at overseas plants that exclude CKD units from Japan

Fiscal 2011 key points

  • Japan production volume increased year-on-year for the second consecutive fiscal year.
  • Overseas production volume decreased year-on-year for the first time in three fiscal years, due to production decrease in India.
  • Global production volume decreased year-on-year for the first time in three fiscal years, due to decrease of overseas production.

Japan sales

  Fiscal 2011
(Apr. 2011-Mar. 2012)
% change on year
Mini vehicles 515,759 99.0%
Non-mini vehicels 80,290 118.7%
Total 596,049 101.3%

Fiscal 2011 key points

Mini vehicles
  • Overall unit sales of mini vehicles in Japan decreased year-on-year for the sixth consecutive fiscal year, due to decrease in the first half of the fiscal year, caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Non-mini vehicles (standard and small vehicles)
  • Overall unit sales of non-mini vehicles increased year-on-year for the second consecutive fiscal year, owing to great sales of the Solio.

Total sales volume increased year-on-year for the first time in six fiscal years.

Exports

  Fiscal 2011
(Apr. 2011-Mar. 2012)
% change on year
Exports 241,233 89.9%
  • Note: Export figures are CBU + KD as reported to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Fiscal 2011 key points

  • Overall exports decreased year-on-year for the first time in two fiscal years, due to year-on-year loss of exports to all markets except West Asia and Africa.

Reference : Global unit sales in fiscal 2011

  Fiscal 2011
(Apr. 2011-Mar. 2012)
% change on year
Japan sales 596,049 101.3%
Overseas sales 1 1,964,001 95.6%
Global sales 2,560,050 96.9%
  • 1 Overseas sales: preliminary-based prospect

Fiscal 2011 key points

  • Although Japan sales is up year-on-year, due to year-on-year loss of overseas sales, global sales is projected to be down year-on-year.