OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd., for March 2016 as well as the fiscal year from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016.

March 2016 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
Hino
  • First increase in eleven months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in three months
Sales in Japan
Toyota
  • First increase in two months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 7,452 units (40.9 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 3,256 units (4.5 percent decrease)
  • 45.6 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (1.6 percentage point increase)
  • 29.5 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.6 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 72,800 units (18.3 percent decrease)
  • 31.5 percent share of minivehicle market (0.7 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • First decrease in two months
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 4,900 units (9.2 percent decrease); first decrease in three months
  • 37.2 percent share of the truck* market (3.3 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
  • 42.4 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.3 percentage point increase)

Exports

Toyota
  • First increase in two months; due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania
Daihatsu
  • Decreased; due to decreased exports to Latin America, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Hino
  • Decreased; due to decreased exports to Latin America, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months

Production Outside Japan

Toyota
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Australia; record high for the month of March
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in two months; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • First decrease in thirteen months; due to decreased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase
Key Points for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2016

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
Hino
  • First decrease in six years
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two years
  • Lexus-vehicle sales totaled 52,234 units (25.1 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 26,699 units (2.2 percent decrease)
  • 46.8 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (0.7 percentage point increase)
  • 30.1 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.5 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 585,000 (14.9 percent decrease)
  • 32.3 percent share of minivehicle market (0.6 percentage point increase)
Hino
  • Sixth consecutive year of increase
  • Standard-truck sales totaled approximately 33,000 (3.2 percent increase); sixth consecutive year of increase
  • 37.4 percent share of the truck* market (0.9 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
  • 43.2 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.5 percentage point increase); first increase in three years

Exports

Toyota
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to Latin America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to Latin America, Oceania, and Africa
Hino
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased

Production Outside Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in seven years, due to decreased production in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • First decrease in six years, due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • First increase in three years, due to decreased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in seven years