Nissan Motor Company Ltd. on August 27 announced its production, sales and export figures for July 2010.
Production
Nissan's global production in July increased 17.9 percent year-on-year to 330,401 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July.
Production in Japan increased 4.7% year-on-year to 96,956 units due to increased output of the new Juke and the export models.
Production outside of Japan saw an increase of 24.5% year-on-year to 233,445 units marking an all-time record for the month of July.
In the United States, production increased 1.1% year-on-year to 30,808 units due to increased demand for Altima and Titan.
In Mexico, production increased 58.4% year-on-year to 45,419 units due to increased demand for Tiida.
In the United Kingdom, production decreased 20.8% year-on-year to 29,895 units due to decreased output of Micra. Production of the all-new Micra, which will be sold in Europe starting November 2010, will shift to India.
In Spain, production increased 63.6% year-on-year to 10,400 units due to increased demand for NV200 and Primastar.
In China, production increased 25.8% year-on-year to 86,582 units marking an all-time record for the month of July.
Production in other regions were up 96.2% year-on-year to 30,341 units due to increased output in Thailand, boosted by the strong demand of the new March.
Sales
Global sales increased 12.6% year-on-year to 350,470 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July.
Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 63,200 units in Japan, up 4.1% year-on-year.
In Japan, vehicle registrations in July increased 2.3% year-on-year to 50,714 units due to increased demand for the new Juke launched in June and the new March launched in July.
Domestic sales of mini-vehicles were up 12.1% from the previous year to 12,486 units due to increased demand for the new Roox, which was launched last December.
Sales outside of Japan increased 14.7% year-on-year to 287,270 units marking an all-time record for the month of July.
Sales in the U.S. increased 14.6% year-on-year to 82,337 units due to increased demand for SUVs and trucks such as Rogue, Titan and the all-new Infiniti QX56, which started sales end of June.
In Europe, sales increased 7.6% year-on-year to 47,490 units due to increased demand for Qashqai.
In China, sales saw an increase of 11.8% year-on-year to 79,461 units due to a high demand for Sylphy and Qashqai, marking an all-time record for the month of July.
Sales in other regions increased 27.8% year-on-year to 54,833 units due to increased demand in Thailand and India, where the new March and Micra were released, and Indonesia.
Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in July increased 34.7% year-on-year to 56,185 units.
Exports to North America increased 13.8% year-on-year to 29,614 units due to strong demand for the all-new Infiniti QX56 and Rogue.
Exports to Europe increased significantly, by 153.4% year-on-year to 6,203 units, due to increased demand for Teana and X-TRAIL.
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