YOKOHAMA, Japan (Mar. 29, 2012) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for February 2012.
1. Production
Nissan's global production in February increased 28.6% year-on-year to 450,174 units, marking an all-time record for a single month.
Production in Japan increased 19.6% year-on-year to 111,786 units, mainly due to increased exports of Rogue and Juke, and increased demand for Note, which qualifies for the government subsidy program for environmentally-friendly vehicles.
Production outside of Japan increased 31.8% year-on-year to 338,388 units, marking an all-time record for a single month.
In the U.S., production increased 14.9% year-on-year to 53,117 units, mainly due to increased demand for Altima.
In Mexico, production increased 34.5% year-on-year to 61,011 units, due to increased demand for the new Versa and March.
In the U.K., production increased 15.0% year-on-year to 45,872 units, mainly due to increased demand for Juke and Qashqai.
In Spain, production increased 6.2% year-on-year to 13,644 units, mainly due to increased demand for Navara.
In China, production increased 70.1% year-on-year to 116,039 units, marking an all-time record for the month of February. This is due to increased demand for Teana, Sunny, Tiida and Qashqai, and also because operating days were reduced February last year because of the Chinese new year holidays. These holidays fell in January in 2012.
Production in other regions increased 10.4% year-on-year to 48,705 units, mainly due to increased demand for the new Sunny in India and the new Almera in Thailand.
2. Sales
Global sales increased 24.5% year-on-year to 443,209 units, marking an all-time record for the month of February.
Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 72,115 units in Japan, up 19.4% year-on-year.
In Japan, vehicle registrations in February increased 25.9% year-on-year to 55,675 units, mainly due to increased demand for Serena, Note and Cube, which qualify for the government subsidy program for environmentally-friendly vehicles.
Mini-vehicle sales in Japan increased 1.7% year-on-year to 16,440 units.
Sales outside of Japan increased 25.5% year-on-year to 371,094 units, marking an all-time record for the month of February.
Sales in the U.S. increased 15.5% year-on-year to 106,731 units, due to strong sales of Altima and Rogue.
In Europe, sales increased 5.5% year-on-year to 56,733 units, due to favorable sales in Russia and increased demand for Juke.
In China, sales increased 56.7% year-on-year to 107,855 units, marking an all-time record for the month of February. This is due to increased demand for Tiida, Sunny and Teana, and also because operating days were reduced February last year because of the Chinese new year holidays. These holidays fell in January in 2012.
Sales in other regions increased 24.1% year-on-year to 73,371 units, mainly due to increased demand in Brazil, Thailand, India and Indonesia.
3. Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in February increased 20.0% year-on-year to 65,031 units.
Exports to North America increased 29.3% year-on-year to 43,666 units, mainly due to increased demand for Rogue.
Exports to Europe decreased 5.8% year-on-year to 6,001 units.
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