Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its production, domestic sales and export results, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd., for April 2014.
April 2014 Highlights (year-on-year)
Production in Japan
Toyota
- First decrease in two months
Daihatsu
- First decrease in eight months
Hino
- First decrease in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- First decrease in eight months
Sales in Japan
Toyota
- First decrease in eight months
- Lexus-vehicle sales totaled 2,332 units (30.8 percent decrease)
- Minivehicle sales totaled 1,934 units (47.0 percent decrease)
- 48.9 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (3.5 percentage point decrease)
- 27.3 percent share of market including minivehicles (4.3 percentage point decrease)
Daihatsu
- First decrease in eight months
- Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 50,100 units (3.2 percent decrease); first decrease in eight months
- 32.0 percent share of minivehicle market (2.0 percentage point decrease)
Hino
- First decrease in eleventh months
- Standard-truck sales totaled approximately 900 units (11.4 percent decrease); first decrease in eleventh months
- 31.5 percent share of the truck* market (0.7 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- First decrease in eight months
- 42.4 percent share of market including minivehicles (4.0 percentage point decrease)
Exports
Toyota
- Decreased; due to decreased exports to all regions
Daihatsu
- Increased; due to increased exports to Latin America
Hino
- Decreased; due to decreased exports to Europe, Latin America, Asia, Oceania and Africa
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- Decreased
Production outside Japan
Toyota
- Eighth consecutive month of increase and a record high for April; due to increased production in North America, Europe and Asia
Daihatsu
- Fourteenth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Indonesia
Hino
- Fifth consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
- Eighth consecutive month of increase and a record high for April
*Maximum loading capacity of four tons or more; excluding imported trucks
