THE MOTOR INDUSTRY OF JAPAN 2019

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● MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION● TRENDS IN MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTIONx 1 million units● MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION BY TYPE 　 IN 2018In vehicle unitsMotor Vehicle Production Reaches 9.73 Million UnitsTrucks1,257,111(12.9%)Standard517,641 (5.3%)Buses113,197(1.2%)Passenger Cars1,253,8611,610,4752,113,3111,877,8931,262,943909,321483,282436,763215,139238,776234,586275,992300,635327,928330,814317,182292,901306,259258,100288,170885,1981,278,2121,249,525824,140649,180723,663371,686520,627512,260583,156580,012604,768586,645505,970515,521517,641121.7116.2114.0108.1109.997.5103.2103.469.1121.186.1119.595.7101.194.6100.6106.0100.13,178,7084,567,8547,038,1087,646,8169,947,9727,610,5338,359,4349,016,7356,862,1618,310,3627,158,5258,554,5038,189,3238,277,0707,830,7227,873,8868,347,8368,359,286749,450160,272195,923160,592835,965916,2011,283,0941,408,7531,257,2931,304,8321,116,8851,615,4351,682,5501,868,4101,530,7031,263,8341,484,6101,497,8982,377,6394,198,5506,438,8476,991,4327,361,2244,140,6293,699,8933,416,6222,145,2792,159,1191,861,2792,252,6721,888,7591,750,8951,555,5481,610,4861,715,9701,605,16251,619209,032403,338494,7921,750,7832,553,7033,376,4474,191,3603,459,5894,846,4114,180,3614,686,3964,618,0144,657,7654,744,4714,999,5665,147,2565,256,226197019751980198519901995200020052009201020112012201320142015201620172018Motor VehiclesProduction024681012142009Year101112131415161718TotalPassenger CarsTrucks & BusesTotal9,729,594 (100%)Standard5,256,226(54.0%)Small1,605,162(16.5%)Mini1,497,898(15.4%)Mini433,211(4.5%)Small306,259(3.1%)Passenger Cars8,359,286(85.9%)SmallStandardSubtotalChg. (%)MiniSmallStandardYearNotes: 1. Passenger cars and trucks are classified under Japan’s Road Vehicles Act in three categories, based primarily on engine capacity: “standard” (over 2,000cc), “small” (661cc-2,000cc), been treated as components since 1988. 3. “Chg. (%)” means change from the previous year (with the previous year’s result indexed at 100). In 2018 motor vehicle production in Japan totalled 9.73 million units, up 0.4% from 2017, expanding for the second consecutive year. Passenger car production rose 0.1% to a total of 8.36 million units. Within that category, standard cars climbed 2.1% to 5.26 million units and minicars grew 0.9% to 1.50 million units, but small cars fell 6.5% to 1.61 million units. Meanwhile, truck production increased 3.1% from 2017 to 1.26 million units, whereas bus production decreased 8.0% to 113,000 units.6