| Honda Motor announced continued growth, with high demand and record sales for its automobiles and motorcycles across the world.
In 2007, Honda supplied its products to 23,335,000 customers worldwide, up 3% on the previous year.
Global sales of automobiles rose 6% to a record 3,767,000, driven by demand in many of the emerging markets around the world, in particular China , South America and Eastern Europe supported by a solid sales increase coming from the U.S .
Sales of motorcycles rose 7% to a record 1 3 ,476,000, with high demand in Asia and South America . Honda continues its position as the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer.
Sales of Power Products declined slightly, down 5% to 6,092,000.
Automobiles Five of Honda’s six global sales regions achieved record sales results . China rose 31% to 428,000, South America by 30% to 117,000, Europe/Middle East/Africa by 23% to 480,000, Asia/Oceania by 9% to 343,000 and North America, Honda’s largest market , by 3% to 1,776,000.
Motorcycles Two of Honda’s sales regions achieved record sales results with South America up 25% to 1,534,000 and Asia/Oceania up 4% to 9,596,000. China also showed a major growth with sales up 29% to 1,166,000.
Production Global production records were broken for both automobiles and motorcycles. Automobiles production increased 8% to 3,911,000 compared with 2006. Motorcycle production also grew by 6% to 13,658,000 – again a substantial increment on the year before. These increases took place outside of Japan , representing the continued success in Honda’s global policy of producing close to those markets where demand exists.
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2007 Honda Global Sales and Production Results |
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2006 |
2007 |
% change |
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Total Sales |
22,570,000 |
23,335,000* |
+3% |
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Automobiles |
3,550,000 |
3,767,000* |
+6% |
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Motorcycles |
12,620.000 |
13,476,000* |
+7% |
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Power Products |
6,400,000 |
6,092,000 |
-5% |
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AUTOMOBILES |
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Total Global Sales |
3,550,000 |
3,767,000* |
+6% |
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Japan |
702,000 |
621,000 |
-11% |
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North America (incl. Mexico ) |
1,724,000 |
1,776,000* |
+3% |
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(US only) |
1,509,000 |
1,551,000* |
+3% |
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South America |
90,000 |
117,000* |
+30% |
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Europe/Middle East/ Africa |
390,000 |
480,000* |
+23% |
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(Europe(W,E, C +Russia, Ukraine) |
309,000 |
376,000* |
+22% |
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Asia & Oceania |
315,000 |
343,000* |
+9% |
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China |
326,000 |
428,000* |
+31% |
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Total Production |
3,633,000 |
3,911,000* |
+8% |
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Japan (CBU + CKD) |
1,332,000 |
1,331,000 |
0% |
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Rest of the World (CBU - CKD) |
2,300.000 |
2,579,000* |
+12% |
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MOTORCYCLES |
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Total Global Sales |
12,620,000 |
13,476,000* |
+7% |
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Japan |
351,000 |
331,000 |
-6% |
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North America (incl. Mexico ) |
544,000 |
470,000 |
-14% |
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South America |
1,224,000 |
1,534,000* |
+25% |
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Europe/Middle East/ Africa |
396,000 |
377,000 |
-5% |
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Asia & Oceania |
9,197,000 |
9,596,000* |
+4% |
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China |
906,000 |
1,166,000 |
+29% |
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Total Production |
12,852,000 |
13,658,000* |
+6% |
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