TOKYO (December 24, 2008) - Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd., today announced its sales, production and export results for November 2008.
- Production
Nissan's global production in November decreased 33.7% year-on-year to 222,212 units.
Production in Japan decreased 35.6% year-on-year to 79,649 units.
Production outside of Japan decreased 32.5% year-on-year to 142,563 units.
In the U.S., production decreased 60.2% year-on-year to 26,949 units.
In Mexico, production decreased 11.2% year-on-year to 36,583 units.
In the U.K., production decreased 33.6% year-on-year to 22,348 units.
In Spain, production decreased 84.0% year-on-year to 3,384 units.
Production in the General Overseas Markets (GOM) grew 11.9% year-on-year to 53,299 units due to increased demand in China for the newly released X-TRAIL and Teana.
- Sales
Global sales decreased 19.8% to 237,653 units compared to the previous year.
In Japan, Nissan's vehicle registrations in November decreased 29.5% year-on-year to 30,132 units. Nissan's share of the domestic market registrations in November was down 0.4 percentage points year-on-year to 14.0%.
Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were up 3.3% from the previous year to 11,452 units.
Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 41,584 units in Japan, down 22.8% year-on-year. Market share was down 0.6 percentage points year-on-year to 11.3%.
Nissan sales in the U.S. decreased 42.2% year-on-year to 46,605 units.
In Europe, sales decreased 30.5% year-on-year to 34,179 units
Sales in the GOM regions were up 5.1% from the previous year to 94,126 units.
- Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in November decreased 30.2% to 52,591 units compared to the previous year.
Exports to North America decreased 50.3% year-on-year to 17,587 units.
Exports to Europe increased 11.6% year-on-year to 5,475 units.
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