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Japan’s new auto sales in March: Down 12.6 percent year-on-year

April 2, 2007
By Ken Worsley


The Japan Automobile Dealers Association has announced its report on March 2007 new automobile sales in Japan, and the results demonstrate a continuing of a strong downward trend: sales of new cars, tracks and buses decreased for the 21st consecutive month, and were down 12.6% against March of 2006.

For the financial year ending March 31, sales of new cars, trucks and buses were down 8.3% year-on-year, showing the fourth consecutive year of decline. About 3,588,000 units were sold during that time.

The breakdown for monthly stats:

  • Cars: Down 12.4% year-on-year to 420,486
  • Trucks: Down 13.8% to 64,001
  • Buses: Down 12.3% year-on-year to 3,151

The breakdown for yearly numbers:

  • Cars: Down 9.3% year-on-year to 3,028,000
  • Trucks: Down 2.6% year-on-year to 542,756
  • Buses: Down 4.6% year-on-year to 17,045

These numbers do not include those for minicars, which have seen an increase in sales that has prompted some to think that sales of minicars in Japan is damaging the full-size car market.

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2 Responses to “Japan’s new auto sales in March: Down 12.6 percent year-on-year”

  1. Japanese automakers doing better in the US; Congress to react? : Japan Economy News & Blog on December 2nd, 2007 10:22 pm

    […] Despite continued weak domestic sales results, Japanese automakers continue to do exceptionally well in the United States. Toyota’s sales rose 7.7% in March, Nissan’s were up 3.9%, and Honda has said it is expecting to post a record year. […]

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    […] not anticipated, thereby causing downward pressure on production targets. At the same time, 2) the ongoing decline in domestic sales would seem to increase that downward pressure by giving no reason to increase production. What […]

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