Nissan global production jumped 96.8% vs. January 2009

Nissan Motor Company Ltd. on February 23 announced its production, sales and export figures for January 2010.

Production
Nissan's global production in January was up considerably, by 96.8 percent, year-on-year to 285,986 units.

Production in Japan saw a significant increase of 83.1% year-on-year to 86,938 units due to increased output of the new Fuga, Serena and export models.

Production outside of Japan saw a notable increase of 103.5% year-on-year to 199,048 units.

In the United States, production saw a substantial increase of 110.9% year-on-year to 39,523 units due to increased demand for all the models led by Altima and Maxima.

In Mexico, production increased 41.0% year-on-year to 38,023 units due to increased demand for Sentra and Tiida.

In the United Kingdom, production saw a significant increase of 120.2% year-on-year to 34,877 units due to increased demand for all the models including Micra (March in Japan) and Qashqai (Dualis in Japan).

In Spain, production saw a noteworthy increase of 168.4% year-on-year to 5,843 units due to increased demand for Primastar and Navara.

In China, production saw a significant increase of 148.3% year-on-year to 58,171 units marking an all-time record for the month of January.

Production in other regions was also remarkably up by 112.2% year-on-year to 22,611 units.

Sales
Global sales increased 36.4% to 310,626 units compared to the previous year marking an all-time record for the month of January.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 49,096 units in Japan, up 17.5% year-on-year. Market share was down 0.4 percentage points year-on-year to 13.4%.

In Japan, vehicle registrations in January increased 24.3% year-on-year to 38,256 units due to increased demand for the new Fuga and models eligible for the preferential tax exemption like Serena, Note and X-Trail.

Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were down 1.3% from the previous year to 10,840 units despite increased demand for the new Roox.

Sales outside of Japan increased 40.7% year-on-year to 261,530 units marking an all-time record for the month of January.

Sales in the U.S. increased 16.1% year-on-year to 62,572 units due to increased demand for Maxima, Altima and Sentra.

In Europe, sales increased 17.0% year-on-year to 42,985 units due to increased demand for Micra, Qashqai and Pixo.

In China sales saw a significant increase of 116.0% year-on-year to 85,229 units marking an all-time record for a single month.

Sales in other regions increased 31.2% year-on-year to 50,393 units.

Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in January increased 29.6% year-on-year to 35,737 units.

Exports to North America saw a huge increase of 161.8% year-on-year to 15,245 units due to increased demand for Rogue, Infiniti G series (Skyline in Japan) and Murano.

Exports to Europe was considerably up by 136.5% year-on-year to 3,671 units due to strong demand for X-Trail.