Nissan Production, Sales and Export Results for August 2013

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for August 2013.

1. Production

Nissan's global production in August increased 2.1% year-on-year to 395,767 units, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

Production in Japan was down 11.7% year-on-year to 77,812 units.

Production outside of Japan increased 6.2% year-on-year to 317,955 units, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

In the U.S., production increased 23.4% year-on-year to 77,371 units, mainly due to increased demand for Pathfinder, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

In Mexico, production increased 5.3% year-on-year to 64,049 units, mainly due to increased demand for Versa, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

In the U.K., production decreased 7.9% year-on-year to 38,450 units.

In Spain, production increased 52.3% year-on-year to 5,302 units.

In China, production was up 14.9% year-on-year to 88,163 units, mainly due to increased demand for the Venucia R50, the Sylphy series and Qashqai.

Production in other regions increased 0.8% year-on-year to 44,620 units.

2. Sales

Global sales increased 3.1% year-on-year to 391,851 units, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 46,910 units in Japan, up 12.4% year-on-year.

In Japan, vehicle registrations in August increased 3.3% year-on-year to 32,438 units, mainly due to increased sales of Note.

Mini-vehicle sales in Japan increased 40.1% year-on-year to 14,472 units, marking an all-time record for the month of August. This is mainly attributable to strong sales of the new DAYZ, which went on sale on June.

Sales outside of Japan increased 1.9 % year-on-year to 344,941 units, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

Sales in the U.S. increased 22.3% year-on-year to 120,498 units, mainly due to higher demand for Pathfinder, Rogue, Altima and Nissan LEAF, marking an all-time record for the month of August.

Sales in Mexico increased 14.2% year-on-year to 22,274 units, marking an all-time record for the month of August. This has made Nissan the sales leader in Mexico for 51 consecutive months. Tsuru recorded the second highest sales ever for a single month.

In Europe, sales declined 8.1% year-on-year to 38,459 units.

In China, sales increased 1.0% year-on-year to 85,998 units, mainly due to increased demand for the Sylphy series, Qashqai and Venucia R50.

Sales in other regions decreased 9.8% year-on-year to 69,404 units.

3. Japan Exports

Nissan's exports in August decreased 11.5% year-on-year to 44,327 units.

Exports to North America decreased 10.5% year-on-year to 29,592 units.

Exports to Europe decreased mainly because the volume of exports that had been counted as CKD units changed to being counted as parts shipments from Japan for major models destined for Russia (X-Trail, Teana and Murano) in June. These models are being counted as local production models in Russia rather than as models produced in and exported from Japan. From August 2013 onward, these models are counted as locally produced models in Russia.

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