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25 April 2024
Suzuki March 2024 and Fiscal Year 2023
Automobile Production, Sales, and Export Figures
<March 2024>
Production
| March 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global production | 282,242 | 101.9% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Japan production | 96,337 | 102.5% | Up for the second consecutive month | |
| Overseas production | 185,905 | 101.6% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| India | 166,518 | 108.0% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Others | 19,387 | 67.1% | Down for the 13th consecutive month | |
- *Japan production: Complete built-up (CBU) units that include OEM units + complete knocked-down (CKD) units
- *Overseas production: Units completed at overseas plants that exclude CKD units from Japan
- Japan production:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in production for the domestic market. - Overseas production:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in production in India.
Sales
| March 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global sales | 310,752 | 114.2% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Japan sales | 82,972 | 122.1% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Minivehicles | 66,422 | 124.6% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Standard and small vehicles |
16,550 | 113.1% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Overseas sales | 227,780 | 111.5% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| India | 156,330 | 114.3% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Others | 71,450 | 105.9% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
- *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.
- *India: Indian domestic wholesales figures.
- Japan sales:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in both mini vehicle and standard and small vehicle sales.
Standard and small vehicles marked record high sales for a single month. - Overseas sales:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in sales in India, Europe, the Middle East, etc.
India marked record high sales for March.
Exports
| March 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 17,753 | 65.6% | Down for the first time in two months |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
- Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in exports to Europe, etc.
<Fiscal Year 2023 (April 2023 - March 2024)>
Production
| Apr. 2023– Mar. 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
Jan.–Mar. 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global production | 3,265,203 | 101.7% | Up for the third consecutive year | 872,825 | 104.8% | |
| Japan production | 1,011,257 | 106.0% | Up for the second consecutive year | 263,983 | 106.2% | |
| Overseas production | 2,253,946 | 99.9% | Down for the first time in three years | 608,842 | 104.3% | |
| India | 1,983,851 | 103.2% | Up for the third consecutive year | 549,530 | 109.9% | |
| Others | 270,095 | 80.7% | Down for the first time in three years | 59,312 | 70.5% | |
- *Japan production: Complete built-up (CBU) units that include OEM units + complete knocked-down (CKD) units
- *Overseas production: Units completed at overseas plants that exclude CKD units from Japan
- Japan production:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in production for the domestic market. - Overseas production:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decreased production in countries including Pakistan etc., despite increase in India.
India marked record high fiscal year production.
Sales
| Apr. 2023– Mar. 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
Jan.–Mar. 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global sales | 3,167,908 | 105.6% | Up for the third consecutive year | 885,094 | 112.0% | |
| Japan sales | 674,417 | 107.5% | Up for the second consecutive year | 205,107 | 113.2% | |
| Minivehicles | 552,254 | 107.0% | Up for the second consecutive year | 165,189 | 114.2% | |
| Standard and small vehicles |
122,163 | 109.7% | Up for the second consecutive year | 39,918 | 109.0% | |
| Overseas sales | 2,493,491 | 105.1% | Up for the third consecutive year | 679,987 | 111.7% | |
| India | 1,793,644 | 109.0% | Up for the third consecutive year | 489,941 | 111.6% | |
| Others | 699,847 | 96.1% | Down for the second consecutive year | 190,046 | 111.8% | |
- *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.
- *India: Indian domestic wholesales figures.
- Japan sales:
Increased year-on-year owing to increased mini vehicle and standard and small vehicle sales. - Overseas sales:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in sales in regions including India, Europe, the Middle East, etc.
India and the Middle East marked record high fiscal year sales.
Exports
| Apr. 2023– Mar. 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
Jan.–Mar. 2024 (units) |
Year-on-Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 232,164 | 98.1% | Down for the first time in two years | 63,572 | 98.8% |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
- Decreased year-on-year owing to decreased exports of CKD, despite increased CBU exports.
- *The figures shown are preliminary.