JAMA UPDATE NEWS: September 2006 Statistics / Motor Vehicles Guidebook 2006 - 2007

                     JAMA UPDATE NEWS 
October 30, 2006

Update 1: Statistics Summary - Sep 2006 & 1st Half Fiscal 2006

Update 2: Japanese Motor Vehicles Guidebook 2006 - 2007 Vol. 53


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Update 1:
September 2006 and First Half of Fiscal Year 2006 (April - September)
Automobile & Motorcycle Statistics and Summary  
[ http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/production_export/2006/061030.html ]
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Major figures are as follows.

[Statistic summary for September 2006]


=> Automobile Production in September 2006
   1,001,738 units, up 27,634 units or 2.8% 
   (September 2005: 974,104 units)


=> Motorcycle Production in September 2006
   153,104 units, down 15,553 units or 9.2% 
   (September 2005: 168,657 units)


=> Automobile Export in September 2006
   531,773 units, up 71,496 units or 15.5% 
   (September 2005: 460,277 units)


=> Motorcycle Export in September 2006
   107,309 units, down 701 units or 0.6% 
   (September 2005: 108,010  units)


For data download, go to;
[ http://jamaserv.jama.or.jp/newdb/eng/index.html ],
or refer to [Statistics] -> [Active Matrix Database System]
At [ http://www.jama-english.jp/ ]



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Update 2:
Launch of Japanese Motor Vehicles Guidebook 2006 - 2007 Vol. 53
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Japanese Motor Vehicles Guidebook 2006 - 2007 Vol. 53, published 
by JAMA, will be available at all major bookstores, online 
"Book Service Co., Ltd." and JAMA head office starting October 30, 
2006.

Read the full story at;
[ http://www.jama-english.jp/release/release/2006/061027.html ]