January 25, 2009
Nissan Production, Sales and Export Results for December and Calendar Year 2009
YOKOHAMA (Jan. 25, 2010) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for December and the calendar year 2009.
- Production
December
Nissan's global production in December was up considerably by 54.0% year-on-year to 271,289 units.Production in Japan increased 29.8% year-on-year to 87,867 units due to increased output of the new Fuga, Serena and export models.
Production outside of Japan saw a significant increase of 69.0% year-on-year to 183,422 units, marking an all-time record for the month of December.
In the U.S., production saw a significant increase of 80.9% year-on-year to 38,425 units due to increased demand for all the models led by Altima and Frontier.
In Mexico, production rose year-on-year for the first time in 17 months, rising 37.9% to 31,704 units due to increased demand for Sentra and Tiida.
In the U.K., production saw a significant increase of 89.2% year-on-year to 25,122 units due to increased demand for all the models including Micra (March in Japan) and Qashqai (Dualis in Japan).
In Spain, production saw a significant increase of 109.9% year-on-year to 5,141 units.
In China, production saw a huge increase of 63.3% year-on-year to 60,323 units, marking a record for highest production volume in one month.
Production in other regions was up considerably by 95.7% year-on-year to 22,707 units.
Calendar Year 2009
Nissan's global production in 2009 decreased 19.2% year-on-year to 2,744,562 units.Production in Japan decreased 30.8% year-on-year to 894,575 units.
Overseas production dropped 12.0% year-on-year to 1,849,987 units.
In the U.S., production decreased 31.6% year-on-year to 372,906 units.
In Mexico, production decreased 21.2% year-on-year to 355,414 units.
In the U.K., production decreased 12.5% year-on-year to 338,150 units.
In Spain, production decreased 66.6% year-on-year to 52,577 units.
Production in China saw a significant increase of 44.3% year-on-year to 547,236 units, reaching a record high for the calendar year.
Production in other regions increased 0.4% year-on-year to 183,704 units.
- Sales
December
Global sales increased 23.3% to 314,020 units compared to the previous year.Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 43,067 units in Japan, up 23.1% year-on-year. Market share was up 0.2 percentage points year-on-year to 11.6%.
In Japan, vehicle registrations in December increased 15.8% year-on-year to 31,198 units due to increased demand for the new Fuga and models eligible for the preferential tax exemption such as Serena, Note and X-Trail.
Domestic sales of mini-vehicles increased 47.6% year-on-year to 11,869 units, due to increased demand for the new Roox, marking an all-time record for the month of December, .
Sales outside of Japan increased 23.3% year-on-year to 270,953 units.
Sales in the U.S. increased 18.2% year-on-year to 73,404 units due to increased demand for Maxima, Versa (Tiida in Japan) and QX56.
In Europe, sales increased 25.8% year-on-year to 46,111 units due to increased demand for Micra, Qashqai and newly introduced Pixo,
China saw a record month in December with sales up a significant 34.3% year-on-year to 72,221 units, setting a record high for the month of December, due to continued demand for Sylphy and Teana.
Sales in other regions increased 24.9% year-on-year to 53,274 units.
Calendar Year 2009
Global sales in 2009 decreased 9.4% year-on-year to 3,358,413 units.Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 599,396 units in Japan, down 11.6% year-on-year. Market share was down 0.3 percentage points year-on-year to 13.0%.
In Japan, Nissan's vehicle registrations in 2009 decreased 13.5% year-on-year to 464,988 units. Nissan's share of the domestic market for the year 2009 was down 0.8 percentage points from the previous year to 15.9%.
Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were down 4.4% from the previous year to 134,408 units.
Sales outside of Japan decreased 8.9% year-on-year to 2,759,017 units.
Sales in the U.S. decreased 19.1% year-on-year to 770,103 units.
In Europe, sales decreased 17.2% year-on-year to 498,027 units
Sales in China increased 38.7% year-on-year to 755,518 units, reaching a record high for the calendar year.
Sales in other regions decreased 21.5% year-on-year to 498,863 units.
- Japan Exports
December
Nissan's exports in December saw a significant increase of 63.3% year-on-year to 57,019 units.Exports to North America saw a huge increase of 225.4% year-on-year to 31,451 units stemming from demand for Murano and Infiniti G series (Skyline in Japan).
Exports to Europe was up considerably by 461.5% year-on-year to 5,789 units due to strong demand for X-Trail and Cube.
Calendar Year 2009
Nissan's exports for the year 2009 decreased 41.0% year-on-year to 458,074 units.Exports to North America decreased 19.3% year-on-year to 244,871 units.
Exports to Europe decreased 62.8% year-on-year to 35,931 units.
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