April 26, 2000
Production, Domestic Sales, and Export Results
for March and Fiscal 1999 That Ended March 31, 2000
TOKYO --- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, domestic sales, and export results for March and the 1999 fiscal year that ended March 31, 2000.
Nissan’s domestic production in fiscal 1999 totaled 1,336,918 units, down 12.5% from last year’s level. Overseas production in the last fiscal year was up 13.9% to 1,067,732 units, marking the first year of year-on-year increase in two years. The company's domestic production in March was 132,032 units, down 11.4% from March 1999. This was the 16th month of consecutive year-on-year decrease. Overseas production in March jumped 35.3% from March 1999 to 113,762 units, posting 8th month of 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.
Nissan exported 611,990 units from Japan in fiscal 1999, down 13.9% from the previous fiscal year, mainly because the Almera compact hatchback for Europe, which had been assembled in Japan for years, has recently been switched to local production in the UK as the all-new model launched this year. Exports from Japan in March decreased 32.2% to 44,666 units, posting the 12th consecutive month of year-on-year decrease.
Japanese domestic sales in the last fiscal year decreased 11.8% year-on-year to 760,139 units, marking the third straight year of year-on-year decrease. Nissan's Japanese domestic market share was 19.1% in the fiscal year 1999, down 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. Domestic sales last month decreased to 109,754 units, down 8.2% year-on-year, posting the 7th month of year-on-year decrease. Nissan's Japanese domestic market share in March 2000 was 19.1%, down 1.1 percentage points from the year-ago level.
Production, Domestic Sales, and Export Results
for March and the 1999 Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2000
| Mar. | Year-to-Date | Apr. '99 - | Year-to-Date | |
| 2000 | Change | Mar. 2000 | Change | |
| Vehicle Production in Japan | 132,032 | -11.4% | 1,336,918 | -12.5% |
| Passenger cars | 117,813 | -9.7% | 1,163,181 | -12.6% |
| Commercial vehicles | 14,219 | -23.0% | 173,737 | -12.2% |
| Japanese Domestic Sales* | 109,754 | -8.2% | 760,139 | -11.8% |
| Passenger cars | 78,072 | -17.4% | 538,957 | -19.0% |
| Commercial vehicles | 31,682 | 26.5% | 221,182 | 12.9% |
| Vehicle Exports from Japan | 44,666 | -32.2% | 611,990 | -13.9% |
| Passenger cars | 37,496 | -28.1% | 520,174 | -11.3% |
| Commercial vehicles | 7,170 | -47.8% | 91,816 | -26.2% |
| Worldwide Production | 245,794 | 5.5% | 2,404,650 | -2.5% |
| Japanese Domestic | 132,032 | -11.4% | 1,336,918 | -12.5% |
| Overseas** | 113,762 | 35.3% | 1,067,732 | 13.9% |
* 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.
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