OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for May 2017, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.

May 2017 Results
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in Japan*1
Passenger cars 199,924(-7.8) 57,847(68.3) ―― 257,771(2.6)
Trucks & buses 24,931(-0.6) 12,562(-0.5) 9,945(-12.6) 47,438(-3.4)
Total 224,855(-7.1) 70,409(49.8) 9,945(-12.6) 305,209(1.6)
Sales in Japan*2
Passenger cars 104,297(7.5) 38,267(31.7) ―― 142,564(13.1)
Trucks & buses 13,250(16.0) 10,403(7.0) 3,723(-10.2) 27,376(8.2)
Total 117,547(8.4) 48,670(25.5) 3,723(-10.2) 169,940(12.3)
Exports
Passenger cars 123,860(23.5) 0― ―― 123,860(23.5)
Trucks & buses 11,889(6.3) ―― 5,094(-6.3) 16,983(2.2)
Total 135,749(21.8) 0― 5,094(-6.3) 140,843(20.5)
Production
Outside of Japan*3		 509,719(0.2) 30,751(17.4) 3,660(33.2) 544,130(1.2)
Worldwide
production		 734,574(-2.1) 101,160(38.2) 13,605(-3.7) 849,339(1.4)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan

May 2017 Key Points (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • First decrease in two months
Daihatsu
  • Thirteenth consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • First decrease in four months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase

Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • Seventh consecutive month of increase
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 2,629 units (11.8 percent decrease)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 2,132 units (27.6 percent increase)
  • 48.6 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (0.9 percentage point increase)
  • 31.5 percent share of market including minivehicles (1.2 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
  • Second consecutive month of increase
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 46,400 units (21.0 percent increase); second consecutive month of increase
  • 34.4 percent share of minivehicle market (1.2 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • Decreased
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,000 units (17.0 percent decrease); 34.1 percent share of the truck* market (4.6 percentage point decrease)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Seventh consecutive month of increase
  • 45.6 percent share of market including minivehicles (0.04 percentage point decrease)

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

Exports

Toyota
  • Second consecutive month of increase; due to increased exports to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa
Daihatsu
  • There were no exports for Daihatsu.
Hino
  • Decreased; due to decreased exports to Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Second consecutive month of increase

Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in two months and a record high for May; due to increased production in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Australia
Daihatsu
  • Thirteenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
  • Fourteenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First increase in two months and a record high for May
Year to Date (January 1 to May 31, 2017)
Unit = vehicles; figures in ( ) show year-on-year percentage change
  Toyota Daihatsu Hino Total
Production in
Japan*1		 1,302,022(4.3) 383,949(36.0) 60,653(4.9) 1,746,624(10.0)
Sales in Japan*2 708,233(10.2) 271,189(5.7) 27,980(10.0) 1,007,402(8.9)
Exports 697,259(6.6) 2(0.0) 29,304(-3.5) 726,565(6.2)
Production
Outside of Japan*3		 2,455,382(2.7) 157,496(32.9) 16,180(30.5) 2,629,058(4.3)
Worldwide
production		 3,757,404(3.3) 541,445(35.1) 76,833(9.4) 4,375,682(6.5)
*1Includes kits for overseas assembly; *2includes overseas production; *3excludes kits from Japan