Japan December Vehicle Sales Down
TOKYO, Jan 6, 2003; Reuters reports that Japan's industry-wide auto sales, including 660cc minivehicles, fell 2.7 percent in December from a year earlier to 430,239 vehicles, industry data showed on Monday. For all of 2002, industry-wide auto sales fell 2.0 percent from the previous year to 5,796,795 vehicles. A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, with year-on-year percentage changes in parentheses. YEAR 2002 2001 Total 5,796,795 (-2.0) 5,912,566 Registered vehicles 3,966,095 (-2.3) 4,059,046 Minivehicles 1,830,700 (-1.2) 1,853,520 ------------------------------------------------------ DECEMBER 2002 2001 Total 430,239 (-2.7) 442,035 Registered vehicles 301,144 (+1.4) 296,881 Minivehicles 129,095 (-11.1) 145,154 ------------------------------------------------------ NOVEMBER 2002 2001 Total 481,031 (+1.4) 474,553 Registered vehicles 331,421 (+6.6) 311,015 Minivehicles 149,609 (-8.5) 163,538 ------------------------------------------------------ OCTOBER 2002 2001 Total 443,295 (+1.3) 437,580 Registered vehicles 311,518 (+5.2) 296,084 Minivehicles 131,777 (-6.9) 141,496 ------------------------------------------------------ SEPTEMBER 2002 2001 Total 563,923 (+6.5) 529,434 Registered vehicles 388,017 (+4.5) 371,318 Minivehicles 175,906 (+11.2) 158,116 ------------------------------------------------------ AUGUST 2002 2001 Total 366,139 (-0.6) 368,458 Registered vehicles 252,355 (-1.4) 255,954 Minivehicles 113,784 (+1.1) 112,504 ------------------------------------------------------ JULY 2002 2001 Total 527,487 (-4.2) 550,407 Registered vehicles 367,902 (-5.8) 390,653 Minivehicles 159,585 (-0.1) 159,754 ------------------------------------------------------ JUNE 2002 2001 Total 501,870 (-6.0) 534,085 Registered vehicles 333,954 (-8.9) 366,694 Minivehicles 167,916 (+0.3) 167,391 ------------------------------------------------------ MAY 2002 2001 Total 421,284 (+0.2) 420,336 Registered vehicles 284,826 (-1.4) 288,990 Minivehicles 136,458 (+3.9) 131,346 ------------------------------------------------------ APRIL 2002 2001 Total 403,418 (-1.6) 409,777 Registered vehicles 265,454 (-2.7) 272,742 Minivehicles 137,964 (+0.7) 137,035 ------------------------------------------------------ MARCH 2002 2001 Total 771,991 (-7.2) 832,262 Registered vehicles 531,411 (-8.7) 582,218 Minivehicles 240,580 (-3.8) 250,044 ------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 2002 2001 Total 517,004 (-3.6) 536,408 Registered vehicles 349,603 (-5.9) 371,482 Minivehicles 167,401 (+1.5) 164,926 ------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 2002 2001 Total 369,114 (-2.2) 377,231 Registered vehicles 248,489 (-2.6) 255,015 Minivehicles 120,625 (-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.