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29 January 2026
Suzuki December 2025 and Yearly
Automobile Production, Sales, and Export Figures
<December 2025>
Production
| December 2025 (units) | Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global production | 308,280 | 121.8% | Up for the fourth consecutive month | |
| Japan production | 78,620 | 96.6% | Down for the third consecutive month | |
| Overseas production | 229,660 | 133.8% | Up for the fourth consecutive month | |
| India | 211,770 | 134.4% | Up for the fourth consecutive month | |
| Others | 17,890 | 126.4% | Up for the fourth 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
- Global production:
Marked record high for December owing to record high overseas production for December. - Japan production:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in production for domestic market despite increase in production for overseas market. - Overseas production:
Marked record high for December owing to increase in countries including India which marked record high for a single month.
Sales
| December 2025 (units) | Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global sales | 297,769 | 121.8% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Japan sales | 50,548 | 96.2% | Down for the second consecutive month | |
| Minivehicles | 38,409 | 89.0% | Down for the third consecutive month | |
| Standard and small vehicles |
12,139 | 129.1% | Up for the ninth consecutive month | |
| Overseas sales | 247,221 | 128.8% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| India | 182,165 | 137.5% | Up for the third consecutive month | |
| Others | 65,056 | 109.5% | Up for the first time in three months | |
- *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.
- Global sales:
Marked record high for December mainly owing to record high overseas sales for a single month. - Japan sales:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in mini vehicle sales despite record high standard and small vehicle sales for December. - Overseas sales:
Increased year-on-year mainly owing to increase record high sales for a single month in India.
Exports
| December 2025 (units) | Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 19,432 | 93.6% | Down for the second consecutive month |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
- Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in CBU exports.
<January - December 2025>
Production
| January - December 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
April – December 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global production | 3,423,403 | 103.8% | Up for the fifth consecutive year | 2,554,320 | 105.3% | |
| Japan production | 956,204 | 92.8% | Down for the first time in four years | 727,421 | 95.0% | |
| Overseas production | 2,467,199 | 108.7% | Up for the second consecutive year | 1,826,899 | 110.0% | |
| India | 2,254,449 | 109.3% | Up for the fifth consecutive year | 1,665,519 | 110.1% | |
| Others | 212,750 | 102.6% | Up for the first time in three years | 161,380 | 109.0% | |
- *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:
Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in production for both domestic market and export. - Overseas production:
Marked record high owing to increase in countries including India and indonesia.
India marked record high yearly production.
Sales
| January - December 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
April – December 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global sales | 3,295,013 | 101.4% | Up for the fifth consecutive year | 2,417,826 | 102.3% | |
| Japan sales | 728,952 | 101.0% | Up for the third consecutive year | 527,914 | 102.2% | |
| Minivehicles | 568,547 | 96.4% | Down for the first time in three years | 408,553 | 96.2% | |
| Standard and small vehicles |
160,405 | 121.6% | Up for the fourth consecutive year | 119,361 | 129.8% | |
| Overseas sales | 2,566,061 | 101.5% | Up for the fifth consecutive year | 1,889,912 | 102.3% | |
| India | 1,844,169 | 103.0% | Up for the fifth consecutive year | 1,349,846 | 103.8% | |
| Others | 721,892 | 98.1% | Down for the first time in two years | 540,066 | 98.9% | |
- *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 standard and small vehicle sales despite decrease in mini vehicle sales.
Standard and small vehicles marked record high yearly sales. - Overseas sales:
Increased year-on-year owing to increase in sales in regions including India, Pakistan, and Africa.
India and Africa marked record high yearly sales.
Exports
| January - December 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | Year-on-Year Trends |
April – December 2025 (units) |
Year-on-Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 195,618 | 82.3% | Up for the fifth consecutive year | 152,695 | 87.7% |
- *Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.
- Decreased year-on-year owing to decrease in CBU exports despite increase in CKD exports.
- *The figures shown are preliminary.