Suzuki fiscal 2009 car production, sales, and export figures

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Production

• ¹Japan production: Complete built-up (CBU) units + complete knocked-down (CKD) units as reported to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

• ²Overseas production: Units completed at overseas plants

Fiscal 2009 key points

• Japan production volume decreased year-on-year for the second consecutive fiscal year owing to decreased production for the domestic market and for export.
• Overseas production volume increased year-on-year for the first time in two fiscal years and marked an all-time high owing to increased production in India and China. Indian production and Chinese production each marked an all-time high.
• Global production volume increased year-on-year for the first time in two fiscal years.

Japan sales

Fiscal 2009 key points

Mini vehicles

• Overall unit sales of mini vehicles in Japan decreased year-on-year for the fourth consecutive fiscal year even though the new Alto and a new Palette-based model were launched.
• Suzuki’s share of Japan’s mini-vehicle market was 32.7% (0.7 percentage point up year-on-year).

Non-mini vehicles

• Overall unit sales of non-mini vehicles decreased year-on-year for the second consecutive fiscal year owing to decreased sales of models such as the Swift.
• Suzuki’s share of Japan’s non-mini-vehicle market was 2.1% (0.9 percentage point down year-on-year).

Total sales volume decreased year-on-year for the fourth consecutive fiscal year.

Exports

Note: Export figures are CBU + CKD as reported to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Fiscal 2009 key points

• Overall exports (to all markets except West Asia) decreased year-on-year for the second consecutive fiscal year.

Reference: Global unit sales in fiscal 2009

Fiscal 2009 key points

• Overseas sales and global sales are each projected to be up year-on-year.

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