Honda, a major automobile manufacturer, reviewed the car sales plan for this year and reduced 150,000 units from the past due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection in Southeast Asia, which has a shortage of semiconductors and many customers. rice field.

However, the annual profit forecast has been revised upward as cost reductions progress.

Honda announced on the 4th that it will review the sales plan for this year and 2021 and reduce the number of vehicles sold worldwide by 150,000 from the original plan to 4.85 million.



We also reduced our motorcycle sales plan by 600,000 units to 17.4 million units.



In addition to the global shortage of semiconductors, it is expected that the procurement of parts will be delayed due to the rapid spread of infection with the new coronavirus in Southeast Asia, which has production bases and many customers, which will affect future production. It is said.



On the other hand, the outlook for business results is that cost reductions will progress, such as reducing "sales incentives" that are the source of discounts when selling cars, and the final profit forecast is raised by 80 billion yen from the past to 670 billion yen. Fixed.

Vice President Seiji Kuraishi, who met online, said, "In the short term, the impact of lockdown in Southeast Asia is unavoidable, but the impact will be minimized by improving global procurement management, such as allocating surplus semiconductors to China and Japan. I want to limit it to the limit. "