29 August 2019
Suzuki July 2019 Automobile Production, Japan Sales, and Export Figures (Preliminary)
Production
| July 2019 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | Jan.–July 2019 (units) |
Year-on-Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan production | 76,957 | 85.0% | Down for the third consecutive month | 554,686 | 94.3% |
| Overseas production | 179,721 | 81.8% | Down for the sixth consecutive month | 1,312,166 | 88.2% |
| Global production | 256,678 | 82.7% | Down for the sixth consecutive month | 1,866,852 | 89.9% |
- *Japan production: Complete built-up (CBU) units + complete knocked-down (CKD) units
- *Overseas production: Units completed at overseas plants that exclude CKD units from Japan
July 2019 key points
- Japan production volume decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in production for both domestic and exports.
- Overseas production volume decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in countries including India and Thailand.
- Global production volume decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in both Japan and overseas production.
Japan sales
| July 2019 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | Jan.–July 2019 (units) |
Year-on-Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minivehicles | 43,766 | 88.8% | Down for the second consecutive month | 352,447 | 99.3% |
| Standard and small vehicles | 9,460 | 84.5% | Down for the third consecutive month | 78,821 | 99.1% |
| Total | 53,226 | 88.0% | Down for the second consecutive month | 431,268 | 99.2% |
- *Minivehicle: Small-sized car unique to Japan with an overall length of 3.4m or less, an overall width of 1.48m or less, an overall height of 2m or less, and an engine displacement of 660cc or less.
- *Standard and small vehicle: Car that exceeds the above minivehicle specification.
July 2019 key points
- Minivehicle sales in Japan decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in sales of models including Hustler and WagonR.
- Overall, standard and small vehicle sales in Japan decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in sales of models including Ignis and XBEE.
- Total Japan sales of minivehicle and standard and small vehicle sales decreased year-on-year.
Exports
| July 2019 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | Jan.–July 2019 (units) |
Year-on-Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 14,041 | 94.7% | Down for the fifth consecutive month | 101,434 | 93.1% |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
July 2019 key point
- Overall exports decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in exports to areas including Africa, Latin America, and Oceania.
