Automobile Production Data for Calendar Year 2009 (January 2009 - December 2009)
Number of Automobiles Produced
Automobile production for Calendar Year 2009 (January 2009 - December 2009) was recorded as 7,934,516 units. Compared with the 11,575,644 units total recorded for the previous year, this is a decrease of 3,641,128 units or 31.5%, and production decrease for two consecutive years.
Calendar Year 2009 Automobile Production Figures by Type of Vehicle
| Standard cars (over 2000 cc) |
3,459,589 units, down 2,326,744 units or 40.2% |
|---|---|
| Small cars | 2,145,279 units, down 569,134 units or 21.0% |
| Mini car (under 660 cc) |
1,257,293 units, down 170,104 units or 11.9% |
| Standard truck vehicles | 371,685 units, down 363,238 units or 49.4% |
|---|---|
| Small trucks | 215,139 units, down 114,619 units or 34.8% |
| Mini trucks (under 660 cc) |
398,276 units, down 45,442 units or 10.2% |
| Large buses | 9,243 units, down 2,417 units or 20.7% |
|---|---|
| Small buses | 78,012 units, down 49,430 units or 38.8% |
Number of Automobile Domestic Sales
Domestic sales for Calendar Year 2009 stood at 4,609,255 vehicles, a decrease of 9.3% and the decrease for five consecutive years.
| Passenger cars | 3,923,740 units, down 7.2% |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 672,943 units, down 19.8% |
| Buses | 12,572 units, down 18.0% |
Exports (result) stood at 53.8% as compared with the previous year.
| Automobile | Calendar Year 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| Units | Chg. from prev. year (%) | |
| Toyota | 2,792,274 | 69.6 |
| Nissan | 894,575 | 69.2 |
| Mitsubishi | 426,530 | 49.9 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso | 54,467 | 43.2 |
| Mazda | 717,175 | 66.5 |
| Isuzu | 120,110 | 47.3 |
| Honda | 840,924 | 66.5 |
| Hino | 66,670 | 62.8 |
| Suzuki | 908,302 | 74.6 |
| Daihatsu | 684,255 | 86.3 |
| Subaru | 408,399 | 77.8 |
| Nissan Diesel | 20,290 | 42.3 |
| Others | 545 | 22.0 |
| Total | 7,934,516 | 68.5 |
Source: http://www.jama-english.jp/statistics/production_export/2009/100129.html