OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for April 2016, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.

Production in Japan

Toyota
First decrease in two months
Daihatsu
Decreased
Hino
First decrease in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
First decrease in two months
Sales in Japan

Toyota
Second consecutive month of increase
Lexus vehicle sales totaled 4,510 units (52.1 percent increase)
Minivehicle sales totaled 1,844 units (16.2 percent increase)
53.0 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (1.2 percentage point increase); record high for the month of April (The previous high was 52.5 percent in April 2010)
35.3 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.6 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
First increase in eight months
Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 37,000 units (2.5 percent increase); first increase in eight months
33.1 percent share of minivehicle market (3.3 percentage point increase)
Hino
First increase in two months
Standard truck sales totaled approximately 2,000 units (26.0 percent increase); first increase in two months
38.7 percent share of the truck* market (8.7 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
First increase in three months
48.1 percent share of market including minivehicles (3.1 percentage point increase)
*Maximum loading capacity of four tons or more; excluding imported trucks

Exports

Toyota
First decrease in two months; due to decreased exports to North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

Daihatsu
Decreased; due to decreased exports to Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

Hino
Decreased; due to decreased exports to Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East

Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
First decrease in two months
Production Outside of Japan

Toyota
Third consecutive month of increase; due to increased production in Latin America, Europe, and Africa
Daihatsu
Decreased; due to decreased production in Indonesia
Hino
First increase in two months; due to increased production in Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
Third consecutive month of increase