Mitsubishi Motors announces production, sales and export figures for July 2009

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for July 2009.

# Production: total and in Japan
Total global production for July came in at 63,540 units, a decline of 45.6 percent over July 2008 and the seventeenth consecutive monthly decrease since March 2008. Production volume in Japan at 35,781 units was down 54.2 percent as a 60.6 percent decrease in passenger car (27,385 units) and a 3.6 percent fall in commercial vehicle (8,396 units) output over the same month last year saw year-on-year output fall for the ninth consecutive month.


# Sales in Japan
Vehicle sales in Japan in July totaled 14,422 units, a 6.3 percent year-on-year decrease and the 23rd consecutive monthly decline since September 2007. Sales of passenger cars at 10,374 units were 8.5 percent down while sales of commercial vehicles at 4,048 units were 0.2 percent down. Registered vehicle sales volume at 5,412 units was 8.7 percent down on the same month last year, despite 33.0 percent and 27.0 percent increases respectively in year-on-year sales of the Colt and Colt Plus models. Minicar sales volume at 9,010 units was 4.8 percent down.


# Production overseas
Overseas production volume totaled 27,759 units, 28.1 percent down over July last year and the seventeenth consecutive monthly decline. By region, output in North America was 67.8 percent down at 1,367 units as vehicles continued to roll off the line for the second straight month after a three month halt in production.

In Europe, output was just 0.1 percent down at 4,441 units helped by firm sales of the Colt in Germany. In Asia, output was 28.3 percent down at 18,980 units as a 28.9 percent increase at China Motor Corp in Taiwan and a 152.1 percent increase at South East (Fujian) Motor in China failed to counterbalance continuing declines in Indonesia and Thailand.


# Export shipments from Japan
Total exports from Japan of 17,161 units were 63.6 percent down on July 2008, marking the ninth consecutive month of year-on-year decreases. Exports to Asia at 2,939 units were7.1 percent down. Exports to Europe at 2,289 units were 88.4 percent down. Export shipments to North America at 5,851 units increased by 9.4 percent over the same month last year on the back of firm sales of the Outlander in Canada.

    July
2009     Fiscal Year 2009
('09/04-'09/7)     Calendar Year 2009
('09/01-'09/7)
Volume     YoY(%)     Volume     YoY(%)     Volume     YoY(%)
Domestic
Production     Passenger Cars     27,385     39.4     91,734     36.8     157,727     33.1
Commercial Vehicles     8,396     96.4     24,593     92.6     39,434     75.8
Total     35,781     45.8     116,327     42.1     197,161     37.3
Domestic
Sales *     Passenger
Cars     Registrations     5,135     93.0     15,305     88.5     28,978     68.8
Minicars     5,239     90.1     16,902     76.4     38,805     76.7
Total     10,374     91.5     32,207     81.7     67,783     73.1
Commercial
Vehicles     Registrations     277     68.4     1,050     61.6     1,837     56.7
Minicars     3,771     103.2     12,295     91.3     22,144     82.9
Total     4,048     99.8     13,345     87.9     23,981     80.1
Registrations Total     5,412     91.3     16,355     86.1     30,815     68.0
Minicars Total     9,010     95.2     29,197     82.0     60,949     78.9
Grand Total     14,422     93.7     45,552     83.4     91,764     74.8
Exports     Passenger Cars     16,697     36.6     51,405     26.7     93,992     25.2
Commercial Vehicles     464     30.5     1,571     32.9     2,397     27.4
Total     17,161     36.4     52,976     26.9     96,389     25.2
Production     Domestic Production     35,781     45.8     116,327     42.1     197,161     37.3
Overseas Production     27,759     71.9     96,195     63.4     172,643     61.5
Total     63,540     54.4     212,522     49.7     369,804     45.6
*      Includes imports to Japan

   
-Fumio Nishizaki-