Nissan Production, Sales and Export Results for July 2012

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for July 2012.

1. Production
Nissan's global production in July increased 5.1% year-on-year to 408,309 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July.

Production in Japan decreased 7.8% year-on-year to 103,107 units, mainly due to decreased demand for Note, which is nearing the end of its model life.

Production outside of Japan increased 10.2% year-on-year to 305,202 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July.

In the U.S., production rose 21.5% year-on-year to 46,434 units, mainly due to increased demand for the new Infiniti JX and Nissan Frontier truck.

In Mexico, production increased 60.3% year-on-year to 53,247 units, mainly due to increased demand for Versa and Sentra.

In the U.K., production increased 6.3% year-on-year to 35,235 units, mainly due to increased demand for Qashqai and Juke.

In Spain, production decreased 14.2% year-on-year to 13,507 units.

In China, production decreased 3.2% year-on-year to 107,754 units.

Production in other regions increased 8.5% year-on-year to 49,025 units, mainly due to increased demand for Sunny in India and Almera in Thailand.

2. Sales
Global sales increased 9.5% year-on-year to 415,043 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan sold 59,936 units in Japan, up 14.6% year-on-year.

In Japan, vehicle registrations in July increased 7.3% year-on-year to 44,874 units, mainly due to increased demand for Serena and the new NV350 Caravan.

Mini-vehicle sales in Japan increased 43.7% year-on-year to 15,062 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July. The strong sales result is mainly due to increased demand for Moco and Roox, which qualify for the government subsidy program for environmentally-friendly vehicles.

Sales outside of Japan increased 8.7% year-on-year to 355,107 units, marking an all-time record for the month of July.

Sales in the U.S. increased 16.2% year-on-year to 98,341 units, mainly due to increased demand for the new Altima, Versa, Rogue, Infiniti G and the new Infiniti JX.

In Europe, sales decreased 3.2% year-on-year to 53,323 units, despite increased demand for Juke as well as increased sales in Russia.

In China, sales decreased 2.0% year-on-year to 98,086 units.

Sales in other regions increased 29.2% year-on-year to 80,761 units, mainly due to increased demand in Brazil, India, Thailand and Indonesia.

3. Japan Exports
Nissan's exports in July decreased 10.3% year-on-year to 62,073 units.

Exports to North America decreased 6.3% year-on-year to 37,490 units.

Exports to Europe decreased 23.5% year-on-year to 7,790 units.

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