Suzuki : May 2019 Automobile Production, Japan Sales, and Export Figures (Preliminary)

27 June 2019

Suzuki May 2019 Automobile Production, Japan Sales, and Export Figures (Preliminary)

• Production

	May			Jan.-May
	2019	Year-on-Year	Year-on-Year Trends	2019	Year-on-Year
	(units)			(units)
Japan	73,840	97.0%	Down for the first	405,564	99.0%
production	time in two months
Overseas	188,924	80.3%	Down for the fourth	983,433	90.1%
production	consecutive month
Global	262,764	84.4%	Down for the fourth	1,388,997	92.6%
production			consecutive month

*Japan production: Complete built-up (CBU) units + complete knocked-down (CKD) units

*Overseas production: Units completed at overseas plants that exclude CKD units from Japan

May 2019 key points

• • Japan production volume decreasedyear-on-year owing to decrease in production for exports.
  • Overseas production volume decreasedyear-on-year owing to decrease in countries including India and Indonesia.
  • Global production volume decreasedyear-on-year owing to decrease in both Japan production and overseas production.
• Japan sales

	May			Jan.-May
	2019	Year-on-Year	Year-on-Year Trends	2019	Year-on-Year
	(units)			(units)
Minivehicles	44,453	101.5%	Up for the 14th	263,916	103.9%
consecutive month
Standard and	9,875	95.9%	Down for the first	59,909	105.8%
small vehicles	time in 21 months
Total	54,328	100.4%	Up for the 14th	323,825	104.2%
			consecutive month

*Minivehicle: Small-sized car unique to Japan with an overall length of 3.4m or less, an overall width of 1.48m or less, an overall height of 2m or less, and an engine displacement of 660cc or less.

*Standard and small vehicle: Car that exceeds the above minivehicle specification.

May 2019 key points

• Minivehicle sales in Japan increasedyear-on-year owing to increase in sales of models including Spacia and all-new Jimny.
• Standard and small vehicle sales in Japan decreased for the first time in 21 months owing to decrease in sales of models including XBEE and Ignis.
• Total Japan sales of minivehicle and standard and small vehicle sales increasedyear-on-year.

• Exports

	May			Jan.-May
	2019	Year-on-Year	Year-on-Year Trends	2019	Year-on-Year
	(units)			(units)
Exports	14,399	73.5%	Down for the third	75,309	97.4%
consecutive month

*Total of exported CBU units + CKD units.

May 2019 key point

• Overall exports decreasedyear-on-year owing to decrease in exports to areas including Europe.