Tokyo - Japan's major carmakers on Thursday announced declines in their October exports.

The nation's leading automaker, Toyota Motor Corp, saw its October exports fall 13.7 per cent from the same month a year earlier while exports at Nissan Motor Co dipped 3.2 per cent and Honda Motor Co's exports fell 0.2 per cent.

Toyota's global car production declined 14.7 per cent to 700,146 units and overseas output also dropped 12.5 per cent to 358,198 units.

Its domestic output sank 17 per cent to 341,948 units, and domestic sales dipped 13.7 per cent to 119,999 units.

Nissan said its global output dropped 18.3 per cent to 278,581 units as overseas production plunged 21.8 per cent to 178,485 cars and domestic production decreased
11.2 per cent to 100,096 vehicles.

Nissan's domestic sales also fell 15.5 per cent to 41,801 units.

But Honda reported a 1.4-per-cent increase in its global auto output in October to 368,245 units.

Its domestic production was up 4.6 per cent to 126,134 units while overseas output dipped 0.2 per cent to 242,111 units, Honda said.

Domestic sales grew 2.2 per cent to 45,724 units. (dpa)