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27 October 2025
Suzuki September and April-September 2025 Automobile Production, Sales, and Export Figures
<September 2025>
Production
| September 2025 (units) | Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global production | 316,663 | 119.9% | Up for the first time in eight months | |
| Japan production | 92,479 | 105.2% | Up for the first time in eight months | |
| Overseas production | 224,184 | 127.2% | Up for the first time in two months | |
| India | 201,888 | 126.4% | Up for the first time in two months | |
| Others | 22,296 | 134.0% | Up for the first time in two months | |
- *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
- Japan production:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in production for both domestic and exports. - Overseas production:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in India, Indonesia, Hungary, etc.
India and overseas marked record-high production for September.
Sales
| September 2025 (units) | Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global sales | 269,761 | 98.2% | Down for the seventh consecutive month | |
| Japan sales | 69,553 | 107.3% | Up for the fourth consecutive month | |
| Minivehicles | 54,463 | 100.9% | Up for the first time in five months | |
| Standard and small vehicles |
15,090 | 139.5% | Up for the sixth consecutive month | |
| Overseas sales | 200,208 | 95.4% | Down for the eighth consecutive month | |
| India | 135,711 | 91.7% | Down for the second consecutive month | |
| Others | 64,497 | 104.5% | Up for the second 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 sales of both minivehicles and standard and small vehicles.
Standard and small vehicles marked record-high sales for September. - Overseas sales:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in sales in India, etc., despite increase in Indonesia, etc.
Exports
| September 2025 (units) | Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 18,174 | 70.1% | Down for the first time in three months |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
- Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in CBU export.
<April–September 2025>
Production
| Apr.–Sept. 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
Jan.–Sept. 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global production | 1,633,351 | 101.1% | Up for the second consecutive period | 2,502,434 | 100.5% | |
| Japan production | 479,231 | 95.0% | Down for the first time in four periods | 708,014 | 92.1% | |
| Overseas production | 1,154,120 | 103.8% | Up for the first time In three periods | 1,794,420 | 104.3% | |
| India | 1,050,335 | 104.0% | Up for the fifth consecutive period | 1,639,265 | 105.1% | |
| Others | 103,785 | 101.8% | Up for the first time in three periods | 155,155 | 96.2% | |
- *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
- Japan production:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in production for both domestic and exports. - Overseas production:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in India, Indonesia, etc., despite decrease in Hungary.
India marked record-high production for April to September.
Sales
| Apr.–Sept. 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
Jan.–Sept. 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global sales | 1,522,501 | 97.2% | Down for the first time in five periods | 2,399,689 | 97.9% | |
| Japan sales | 354,977 | 103.5% | Up for the fourth consecutive period | 556,016 | 101.4% | |
| Minivehicles | 279,121 | 98.4% | Down for the first time in four periods | 439,116 | 97.8% | |
| Standard and small vehicles |
75,856 | 128.0% | Up for the fourth consecutive period | 116,900 | 117.9% | |
| Overseas sales | 1,167,524 | 95.4% | Down for the first time in five periods | 1,843,673 | 96.9% | |
| India | 812,413 | 94.4% | Down for the second consecutive period | 1,306,736 | 96.7% | |
| Others | 355,111 | 98.0% | Down for the first time in four periods | 536,937 | 97.2% | |
- *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.
- *India: Indian domestic wholesales figures.
- Japan sales:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in sales of standard and small vehicles, despite decrease in sales of minivehicles.
Standard and small vehicles marked record-high sales for April to September. - Overseas sales:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in India, Europe, etc., despite increase in Pakistan.
Exports
| Apr.–Sept. 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
Jan.–Sept. 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 99,292 | 84.0% | Up for the first time in two periods | 142,215 | 78.2% |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
- Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in CBU export.
- *The figures shown are preliminary.