Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company reported a less than 1% year-on-year fall in global production to 287,783 vehicles in June 2025, from 289,453 units in the same month last year, with output in Japan rising by 8.5% to 60,804 units, while overseas production declined by 2.8% to 226,979 units.

In the first six months of 2025, the company produced a total of 1,736,381 vehicles globally, down by almost 8% from 1,881,982 units a year earlier, with domestic output falling by less than 2% to 326,141 units, while overseas production dropped by 9% to 1,410,240 units.

Exports from Japan increased by 16% to 51,944 units year-to-date, underpinned by a fivefold increase in exports to the US to 12,806 units, while exports to Europe plunged by almost 24% to 20,937 units.

Vehicle production in Asia outside Japan declined by 19% to 544,043 units in the first half of the year, driven lower by a 23% plunge in Chinese output to 317,257 units, while production in North America declined by 2% to 817,736 units in this period, driven lower by an almost 5% drop in US output to 494,998 units.