Nissan’s global production in April increased 49% year on year to 369,522 units, marking an all-time record for the month of April.

Production in Japan increased 94% to 85,734 units, due to a rebound in production after the impact of the earthquake in Japan last year, in addition to increased exports of Juke and increased demand for Serena, which qualifies for the government subsidy programme for environmentally friendly vehicles.

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Production outside of Japan increased 39.2% to 283,788 units, marking an all-time record for the month of April. In the US, production increased 83.4% to 54,480 units, mainly due to increased demand for Altima and the new Infiniti JX. While in Mexico, production increased 57.4% to 41,367 units, due to increased demand for Versa and March.

In the UK, production decreased 5% to 27,375 units. In Spain, production increased 15.7% to 11,566 units, mainly due to increased demand for Navara.

In China, production increased 42.7% to 111,621 units, due to increased demand for Tiida, Qashqai and Sunny, marking an all-time record for the month of April. Production in other regions increased 21.4% to 37,379 units, mainly due to increased demand for Sunny in India and Almera in Thailand.

Global sales increased 13.6% to 364,173 units, marking an all-time record for the month of April.

Including mini vehicles, Nissan sold 39,413 units in Japan, up 63.8%, due to a rebound in sales after the impact of the earthquake in Japan last year, and increased demand for models which qualify for the government subsidy program for environmentally-friendly vehicles.

In Japan, vehicle registrations in April increased 51.6% to 26,389 units, mainly due to increased demand for Serena and Note, which qualify for the government subsidy programme for environmentally friendly vehicles.

Mini vehicle sales in Japan increased 95.6% to 13,024 units, marking a record for the month of April. The strong sales result is mainly due to strong sales of Moco and Roox, which qualify for the government subsidy programme for environmentally friendly vehicles.

Sales outside of Japan increased 9.5% to 324,760 units, for the month of April.

Sales in the US decreased 0.3% to 71,329 units, despite increased demand for the new Infiniti JX, which went on sale in April.

In Europe, sales decreased 8.8% to 49,078 units, despite strong sales in Russia.

In China, sales increased 18.3% to 112,365 units, due to increased demand for Tiida, Sunny and Qashqai, marking a record for the month of April.

Sales in other regions increased 27.5% to 66,509 units, mainly due to increased demand in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Thailand.

Nissan’s exports in March increased 259.7% to 52,660 units.

Exports to North America increased 377% to 32,565 units, mainly due to a rebound in production after the impact of the earthquake in Japan last year and increased demand for Rogue and Juke.

Exports to Europe increased 22.6% to 5,892 units.

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