OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Motor Corporation announces its production, domestic sales, and export results for April 2015, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., and Hino Motors, Ltd.
April 2015 Highlights (year-on-year)

Production in Japan

Toyota
  • Decreased
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
Hino
  • First increase in two months
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
Sales in Japan

Toyota
  • First increase in thirteen months
  • Lexus vehicle sales totaled 2,966 units (27.2 percent increase)
  • Minivehicle sales totaled 1,587 units (17.9 percent decrease)
  • 51.8 percent share of market excluding minivehicles (2.9 percentage point increase)
  • 32.7 percent share of market including minivehicles (5.3 percentage point increase)
Daihatsu
  • Decreased
  • Minivehicle sales totaled approximately 36,100 units (27.9 percent decrease)
  • 29.8 percent share of minivehicle market (2.2 percentage point decrease)
Hino
  • First increase in two months
  • Standard truck sales totaled approximately 1,600 units (75.4 percent increase); first increase in three months
  • 35.6 percent share of the truck* market (4.1 percentage point increase)
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • Decreased
  • 45.0 percent share of market including minivehicles (2.5 percentage point increase)
Exports

Toyota
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and The Middle East; first decrease in two months
Daihatsu
  • Increased, due to increased exports to Asia, the Middle East and Africa; third consecutive month of increase
Hino
  • Decreased, due to decreased exports to Europe and Asia
Toyota + Daihatsu + Hino
  • First decrease in two months
Production outside Japan

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