Nissan announces production, sales and export results for January 2008

Mumbai: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced production, sales and export figures for January 2008.

The company's global production increased by 13.8 per cent compared to the previous year. Total production stood at 316,172 units, making an all-time record for the month of January. In Japan, recent launch of three cars, which included the new X-Trail, Tiida, new export model Rogue and the new Infiniti EX contributed to an increase in domestic production by 26.1 per cent to 115,748 units, compared to the previous year

Overseas production also rose by 7.8 per cent compared to the previous year, to 200,424 units, making a record production month for plants worldwide.

In the US, the Altima coupe production increased by 5.7 per cent to 63,981 units, compared to the previous year. However production in Mexico fell by 19.3 per cent  year-on-year to 38,701 units.

Production volumes were at a high in Europe. In the UK, the Qashqai (Dualis in Japan) led a production growth of 37.6 per cent, which stood at 34,726 units. Production in Spain grew by 12.6 per cent year-on-year to 20,512 units.

Production rate was up by 24.8 per cent to 42, 504 for the year 2007 in countries such as China, Indonesia, Malayasia, Taiwan and South Africa, thanks to the customers demand for the Livina series and the Bluebird Sylphy in China, followed by the Navara in Thailand, which contributed to the upward production volume.