Honda saw global Group motorcycle unit sales grow by + 3.6 percent to 17,661m units for their 2016 / 2017 financial year ended March 31st .; on a consolidated basis ( directly and wholly owned operations only ) sales grew + 6.3 percent to |
11,237m units . For the fourth quarter ( January to March 2017 ) global Group unit sales were + 1.8 percent ( 4.248m units ); on a consolidated basis sales were + 2.1 percent ( 2.633m units ). In Europe , consolidated unit sales were + 15.8 percent at 66,000 in the final quarter ( January to March 2017 ) and + 6.4 percent for the full financial year to March 31st at 217,000 units . Honda says it has seen further decreases in sales of motorcycles and ATVs in the United States ( - 4.5 percent for the 12 months at |
294,000 units ) as the overall market there continues to contract . Asia has seen increases in Pakistan , Vietnam and Thailand ( decreases in Indonesia ) to leave them + 10.0 percent at 9,513m units . Sales in Brazil were down . Its fourth quarter Group motorcycle unit sales resulted in a + 3.8 percent increase in sales revenue at 453.7 bn yen , a 38.1 percent increase in operating profit and an 8.4 percent increase in operating margin . Motorcycle sales revenue for the full year to end of March 2017 were down -6.1 percent at 170.1 bn yen , with operating margin |
reduced to 9.9 percent . Overall , corporate fiscal fourth quarter consolidated operating profit was up at 201.9 billion yen . Consolidated operating profit for the fiscal year ( April 1 , 2016 through March 31 , 2017 ) amounted to 840.7 billion yen , an increase of 67.0 percent compared to the previous fiscal year . Consolidated operating profit for the fiscal fourth quarter ( January 1 , 2017 through March 31 , 2017 ) amounted to 138.1 billion yen , an increase of 201.9 billion yen compared to the same period last year . |