Japan overall July vehicle sales down 4.2 pct
TOKYO, Aug 1 Reuters reported that Japan's industry-wide auto sales, including 660cc minivehicles, fell 4.2 percent in July from a year earlier to 527,486 vehicles, industry data showed on Thursday. A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, with year-on-year percentage changes in parentheses. YEAR-TO-DATE JAN-JULY 2002 JAN-JULY 2001 Total 3,512,167 (-4.1) 3,660,506 Registered vehicles 2,381,639 (-5.8) 2,527,794 Minivehicles 1,130,528 (-0.2) 1,132,712 ------------------------------------------------------ JULY 2002 2001 Total 527,486 (-4.2) 550,407 Registered vehicles 367,902 (-5.8) 390,653 Minivehicles 159,584 (-0.1) 159,754 ------------------------------------------------------ JUNE 2002 2001 Total 501,862 (-6.0) 534,085 Registered vehicles 333,955 (-8.9) 366,694 Minivehicles 167,916 (+0.3) 167,391 ------------------------------------------------------ MAY 2002 2001 Total 421,282 (+0.2) 420,336 Registered vehicles 284,826 (-1.4) 288,990 Minivehicles 136,456 (+3.9) 131,346 ------------------------------------------------------ APRIL 2002 2001 Total 403,398 (-1.6) 409,777 Registered vehicles 265,454 (-2.7) 272,742 Minivehicles 137,964 (+0.7) 137,035 ------------------------------------------------------ MARCH 2002 2001 Total 771,986 (-7.2) 832,262 Registered vehicles 531,411 (-8.7) 582,218 Minivehicles 240,575 (-3.8) 250,044 ------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 2002 2001 Total 516,993 (-3.6) 536,408 Registered vehicles 349,603 (-5.9) 371,482 Minivehicles 167,401 (+1.5) 164,926 ------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 2002 2001 Total 369,112 (-2.2) 377,231 Registered vehicles 248,489 (-2.6) 255,015 Minivehicles 120,623 (-1.3) 122,216 Sources: Registered vehicle data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Minivehicle data provided by the Japan Mini Vehicle Association. Monthly data is sometimes revised.