Japan Overall November 2008 Auto Sales Down 18.2% From 2007
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TOKYO, Dec 1, 2008; Reuters compliled this report of Japan's industry-wide auto sales, including 660cc minivehicles, which fell 18.2 percent in November from a year earlier to 368,884 vehicles, industry data showed on Monday.
A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, with year-on-year percentage changes in parentheses. YEAR-TO-DATE JAN-NOV 2008 JAN-NOV 2007 Total 4,775,917 (-4.2) 4,985,859 Registered vehicles 3,028,793 (-5.3) 3,197,687 Minivehicles 1,747,124 (-2.3) 1,788,172 ------------------------------------------------------ NOVEMBER Total 368,884 (-18.2) 451,086 Registered vehicles 215,783 (-27.3) 296,854 Minivehicles 153,101 (-0.7) 154,232 ------------------------------------------------------ OCTOBER 2008 2007 Total 379,364 (-6.6) 406,215 Registered vehicles 233,922 (-13.1) 269,221 Minivehicles 145,442 (+6.2) 136,994 ------------------------------------------------------ SEPTEMBER 2008 2007 Total 476,817 (-4.6) 499,795 Registered vehicles 310,991 (-5.3) 328,360 Minivehicles 165,826 (-3.3) 171,435 ------------------------------------------------------ AUGUST 2008 2007 Total 310,091 (-10.7) 347,305 Registered vehicles 193,902 (-14.9) 227,737 Minivehicles 116,189 (-2.8) 119,568 ------------------------------------------------------ JULY 2008 2007 Total 454,593 (+ 3.6) 438,940 Registered vehicles 302,568 (+ 5.4) 287,076 Minivehicles 152,025 (+ 0.1) 151,864 ------------------------------------------------------ JUNE 2008 2007 Total 446,989 (- 3.3) 462,164 Registered vehicles 281,260 (- 3.6) 291,639 Minivehicles 165,729 (- 2.8) 170,525 ------------------------------------------------------ MAY 2008 2007 Total 360,519 (- 4.8) 378,799 Registered vehicles 221,377 (- 6.1) 235,640 Minivehicles 139,142 (- 2.8) 143,159 ------------------------------------------------------ APRIL 2008 2007 Total 368,827 (+ 3.1) 357,694 Registered vehicles 232,993 (+ 6.9) 217,911 Minivehicles 135,834 (- 2.8) 139,783 ------------------------------------------------------ MARCH 2008 2007 Total 730,582 (- 4.8) 767,412 Registered vehicles 471,755 (- 3.3) 487,737 Minivehicles 258,828 (- 7.5) 279,675 ------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 2008 2007 Total 502,617 (- 0.5) 505,116 Registered vehicles 322,613 (+ 0.1) 322,446 Minivehicles 180,004 (- 1.5) 182,670 ------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 2008 2007 Total 376,633 (+1.4) 371,333 Registered vehicles 241,629 (+3.7) 233,066 Minivehicles 135,004 (-2.4) 138,267
Sources: Ordinary vehicle data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
Minivehicle data provided by the Japan Mini Vehicle Association. Monthly data are sometimes revised.