For the 10th consecutive year, Honda’s worldwide production increased from the previous year.
The automaker achieved an all-time calendar year record for worldwide production of 3,633,813 units, up 6.6%.
Domestic production experienced its third consecutive year-on-year increase due to an increase in output for overseas markets – production rose 5.6% to 1,332,866 units, including CKD kits.
Due mainly to increased production in North America and Asia, overseas production also experienced a year-on-year increase for the 10th consecutive year. Honda set a new all-time calendar year record for overseas production (+7.1% to 2,300,947) as well as for production in North America (1,385,693, +2.7%), Asia (635,833, +18.7%) and China (352,551, +32.0%).
Total domestic sales experienced a year-on-year decline for the second consecutive year, falling 1.7% to 702,242.
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