Japan overall auto sales -24.3 percent in February 2009

Japan’s industry-wide automobile
sales, including 660cc minivehicles, fell 24.3 percent in
February from a year earlier to 380,582 vehicles, industry data
showed on Monday.

A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, with
year-on-year percentage changes in parentheses.
YEAR-TO-DATE JAN-FEB 2009 JAN-FEB 2008
Total 682,289 (-22.4) 879,250 (+0.3)
Registered vehicles 392,493 (-30.4) 564,242 (+1.6)
Minivehicles 315,008 (- 8.0) 315,008 (-1.8)
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FEBRUARY 2009 2008
Total 380,582 (-24.3) 502,617 (- 0.5)
Registered vehicles 218,212 (-32.4) 322,613 (+ 0.1)
Minivehicles 162,370 (- 9.8) 180,004 (- 1.5)
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JANUARY 2009 2008
Total 301,707 (-19.9) 376,633 (+1.4)
Registered vehicles 174,281 (-27.9) 241,629 (+3.7)
Minivehicles 127,426 (- 5.6) 135,004 (-2.4)

Sources: Ordinary vehicle data provided by the Japan
Automobile Dealers Association.

Minivehicle data provided by the Japan Mini Vehicle
Association. Monthly data are sometimes revised.