Toyota City, Japan, May 30, 2017―Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for April 2017, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.

April 2017 Results

Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change

Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan
Passenger cars 222,927(23.7) 62,455(71.5) 285,382(31.7)
Trucks & buses 27,099(32.9) 12,298(19.2) 13,204(20.3) 52,601(26.2)
Total 250,026(24.6) 74,753(59.9) 13,204(20.3) 337,983(30.8)
Sales in Japan
Passenger cars 102,707(0.2) 35,899(27.6) 138,606(6.1)
Trucks & buses 12,590(3.1) 10,794(12.2) 3,150(-14.4) 26,534(4.0)
Total 115,297(0.5) 46,693(23.7) 3,150(-14.4) 165,140(5.7)
Exports
Passenger cars 131,917(16.3) 1 131,918(16.3)
Trucks & buses 14,169(6.3) 6,307(-4.9) 20,476(2.6)
Total 146,086(15.3) 1 6,307(-4.9) 152,394(14.3)
Production
Outside of Japan
447,872(-4.3) 30,178(24.1) 3,059(10.8) 481,109(-2.9)
Worldwide
production
697,898(4.3) 104,931(47.7) 16,263(18.4) 819,092(8.7)
Includes kits for overseas assembly; includes overseas production; excludes kits from Japan

April 2017 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
Daihatsu
  • Twelfth consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • Third consecutive month of increase
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 3,050 units (32.4 percent decrease)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,370 units (28.5 percent increase)
  • 50.3 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (2.7 percentage point decrease)
  • 32.5 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.8 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • First increase in five months
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 44,500 units (20.1 percent increase); first increase in six months
  • 34.1 percent share of minivehicle market (1.0 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • First decrease in six months
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 1,500 units (23.7 percent decrease); first decrease in six months
  • 31.7 percent share of the truck market (7.0 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Sixth consecutive month of increase
  • 46.5 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.5 percentage point decrease)

Maximum loading capacity of four tons or more; excluding imported trucks

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in two months; due to increased exports to North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Daihatsu had one unit of export.
Hino
  • Decreased; due to decreased exports to North America, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in four months; due to decreased production in North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Twelfth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Thirteenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in six months

Year to Date (January 1 to April 30, 2017)

Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change

Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in
Japan
1,077,167(7.1) 313,540(33.2) 50,708(9.1) 1,441,415(11.9)
Sales in Japan 590,686(10.5) 222,519(2.2) 24,257(14.0) 837,462(8.3)
Exports 561,510(3.5) 2(0.0) 24,210(-2.8) 585,722(3.2)
Production
Outside of Japan
1,945,663(3.4) 126,745(37.3) 12,520(29.7) 2,084,928(5.1)
Worldwide
production
3,022,830(4.7) 440,285(34.4) 63,228(12.7) 3,526,343(7.8)
Includes kits for overseas assembly; includes overseas production; excludes kits from Japan

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