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TABLE-Japan overall auto sales -14.5 pct in June

Wed Jul 1, 2009 1:33am EDT
 TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) - Japan's industry-wide auto sales,
including 660cc minivehicles, fell 14.5 percent in June from a
year earlier to 382,285 vehicles, industry data showed on
Wednesday.
 A breakdown of domestic vehicle sales data follows, with
year-on-year percentage changes in parentheses.
 YEAR-TO-DATE          JAN-JUNE 2009       JAN-JUNE 2008
 Total                 2,186,743 (-21.5)       2,786,168
 Registered vehicles   1,303,766 (-26.4)       1,771,627
 Minivehicles            882,977 (-13.0)       1,014,541
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 JUNE                     2009                 2008
 Total                   382,285 (-14.5) 446,989 (- 3.3)
 Registered vehicles     243,342 (-13.5) 281,260 (- 3.6)
 Minivehicles            138,943 (-16.2) 165,729 (- 2.8)
 ------------------------------------------------------
 MAY                      2009                 2008
 Total                   292,043 (-19.0) 360,519 (- 4.8)
 Registered vehicles     178,503 (-19.4) 221,377 (- 6.1)
 Minivehicles            113,540 (-18.4) 139,142 (- 2.8)
 ------------------------------------------------------
 APRIL                    2009                 2008
 Total                   284,034 (-23.0) 368,827 (+ 3.1)
 Registered vehicles     166,365 (-28.6) 232,993 (+ 6.9)
 Minivehicles            117,669 (-13.4) 135,834 (- 2.8)
 ------------------------------------------------------
 MARCH                    2009                 2008
 Total                   546,098 (-25.3) 730,583 (- 4.8)
 Registered vehicles     323,063 (-31.5) 471,755 (- 3.3)
 Minivehicles            223,035 (-13.8) 258,828 (- 7.5)
 ------------------------------------------------------
 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)
 ------------------------------------------------------
 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.




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