January 25, 2010

FHI Announces Results for December 2009 and CY 2009 (flash report)

·Production

		December 2009		Calendar Year 2009
		units	09 vs. 08	units	09 vs. 08
Domestic production*1	Passenger cars	35,114	120.6%	317,539	79.6%
	Mini cars	8,473	95.9%	90,860	72.2%
	Total	43,587	114.9%	408,399	77.8%
Overseas production*2	Passenger cars	9,603	200.8%	82,953	90.6%
Total		53,190	124.5%	491,352	79.7%

*1.JAMA(Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Inc.) report basis(CBU)
*2.Local line-off basis

·	<December, 2009> Both domestic and overseas production for December increased second consecutive month year-on-year, due to the strong sales of Legacy, Outback and Exiga.

·	<CY 2009> Despite of increased production of the new Legacy and Outback, the global production for the period January through December 2009 decreased year-on-year for the first time in two years, due to a sharp decline of market demand.

·Sales in Japan

	December 2009		Calendar Year 2009
	units	09 vs. 08	units	09 vs. 08
Passenger cars*1	6,659	110.6%	75,491	88.8%
Mini cars*2	7,573	104.6%	97,996	80.5%
Total	14,232	107.3%	173,487	83.9%

*1.Excludes commercial vehic *2.Includes mini trucks

·	<December, 2009> Total domestic sales for December increased for the third consecutive month year-on-year, due to the strong sales of Passenger cars such as new Legacy and Exiga, and Mini cars which increased for the first in 31st months year-on-year.

·	<CY 2009> Despite increased sales of the new Legacy and other models, total domestic sales for the period January through December decreased for fifth consecutive year year-on-year, due to a sharp decline of market demand.

·Exports*1

	December 2009		Calendar Year 2009
	units	09 vs. 08	units	09 vs. 08
Total CBU units	29,947	102.6%	254,549	78.0%

*1.JAMA report basis

·	<December, 2009> Total exports from Japan in December increased for the second consecutive month year-on-year, due to increased exports to China.

·	<CY 2009> Despite increased export to China, total exports for the period January through December decreased year-on-year for the first time in nine years, due to the decreased exports to European markets.