Nissan Production, Sales, and Export Results for July 2009

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Nissan Production, Sales, and Export Results for July 2009

1. Production
Nissan's global production in July decreased 15.9% year-on-year to 265,623 units.

Production in Japan decreased 28.3% year-on-year to 92,609 units.

Production outside of Japan decreased 7.4% year-on-year to 173,014 units.

In the U.S., production decreased 32.3% year-on-year to 30,463 units.

In Mexico, production decreased 13.6% year-on-year to 28,672 units.

In the U.K., production increased 6.3% year-on-year to 37,754 units.

In Spain, production decreased 68.1% year-on-year to 6,340 units.

In China, production increased 42.8% year-on-year to 54,265 units, marking a record month for the second consecutive month.

Production in other regions increased 0.8% year-on-year to 15,520 units.


2. Sales

Global sales decreased 6.0% to 311,198 units compared to the previous year.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 60,711 units in Japan, down 1.8% year-on-year. Market share was up 0.5 percentage points year-on-year to 14.1%.

In Japan, vehicle registrations in July decreased 1.0% year-on-year to 60,711 units, comparable to the same level in the same month last year, due to sales of the Nissan ECO series which qualified for preferential tax. Nissan's share of the domestic market registrations in July was up 0.5 percentage points year-on-year to 17.1%.

Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were down 5.1% from the previous year to 11,142 units.

Sales outside of Japan decreased 7.0% year-on-year to 250,487 units.

Sales in the U.S. decreased 24.6% year-on-year to 71,847 units.

In Europe, sales decreased 16.1% year-on-year to 44,593 units.

China saw a record month with sales up a significant 85.9% year-on-year to 71,100 units due to increased sales of Teana, Sylphy, and Tiida.

Sales in other regions were down 25.9% from the previous year to 42,467 units.

3. Japan Exports

Nissan's exports in July decreased 50.0% year-on-year to 41,702 units.

Exports to North America decreased 16.8% year-on-year to 26,012 units.

Exports to Europe decreased 83.4% year-on-year to 2,448 units.