March 22, 2000
Nissan Results for February 2000
| Feb. 2000 |
Year-to-Date Change |
Apr.'99- Feb.2000 |
Year-to-Date Change |
|
| Vehicle Production in Japan Passenger cars Commercial vehicles |
122,670 106,725 15,945 |
-6.9% -8.6% 7.2% |
1,204,886 - - |
-12.7% - - |
| Japanese Domestic Sales* Passenger cars Commercial vehicles |
73,144 51,794 21,350 |
-1.2% -11.6% 38.7% |
650,385 - - |
-12.3% - - |
| Vehicle Exports from Japan Passenger cars Commercial vehicles |
51,596 43,786 7"810 |
13.7% -7.9% -36.2% |
567,324 | -12.0% |
| Worldwide Production Japanese Domestic Overseas** |
219,748 122,670 97,90740.3% |
9.4& -6.9% 40.3% |
1,204,886 954,108 |
- -12.7 11.8% |
* Japanese domestic sales figures include sales of vehicles imported from Nissan's manufacturing companies overseas.
** Overseas production figures represent the output at offshore companies to which Nissan supplies components for local vehicle production, and do not include vehicles produced on a knockdown basis.
NOTES:
1. Nissan's domestic production in February was 122,670 units, down 6.9% from a year ago, marking the 15th straight month of year-on-year decrease.
However, overseas production jumped 40.3% to 97,078 units, marking the 7th consecutive year-on-year increase. Nissan's overseas production volume increased year-on-year at all of its four major overseas plants (U.S., Mexico, UK and Spain) last month. As a result, Nissan's worldwide production came to 219,748 units, up 9.4% from previous year. This was the first monthly increase in three months.
2. Nissan's domestic sales in February decreased 1.2% to 73,144 units, marking the 6th consecutive year-on-year decrease. Nissan's domestic market share was 20.2%, down 0.5 points from the level of February 1999.
3. Nissan's exports in February decreased 13.7% to 51,596 units. This was the 11th consecutive year-on-year decline.
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