Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company reported a 4.5% year-on-year fall in global production to 286,258 vehicles in May 2025, from 302,927 units in the same month last year, with output in Japan falling by 3.5% to 49,348 units, while overseas production declined by 3.9% to 236,910 units.

In the first five months of 2025, the company produced a total of 1,447,358 vehicles globally, down by just over 9% from 1,592,529 units a year earlier, with domestic output falling by over 4% to 265,337 units, while overseas production dropped by 10% to 1,182,021 units.

Exports from Japan increased by 4% to 39,932 units year-to-date, underpinned by a fivefold increase in exports to the US to 10,268 units, while exports to Europe plunged by 37% to 15,612 units.

Vehicle production in Asia outside Japan declined by 23% to 445,872 units so far this year, driven lower by a 28% plunge in Chinese output to 257,505 units, while production in North America declined by just over 1% to 693,386 units in this period, driven lower by an almost 4% drop in US output to 423,743 units.