The number of auctions held in December 2012 increased by one at the Kobe auction site, decreased by one each at the Nagoya, Osaka and Hokuriku auction sites and by two at the Saitama auction site, compared to the same month in the previous fiscal year because of calendar factors.
After adjustment for the calendar factors, the result of auctions at the USS Group in the period of December 2012 compared with corresponding period of 2011 (December 3 to January 2) are as follows:

2012 2011 YoY
Number of consigned vehicles: 140K 148K down 5.4%
Number of contract completions: 91K 84K up 8.6%
Contract completion rate: 65.3% 56.9% -
Average price of vehicles contracted: ¥567K ¥555K up 2.2%

Note: The above comparative data includes an increase in the number of auctions of one each the Tokyo and Kobe auction sites and a decrease of one auction at the Saitama auction site because of the year-end calendar factors.

»Monthly Used Car Auction Data (Dec. 2012)
Number of auctions Number of consigned vehicles Number of contract completions Contract completion rate Average price of vehicles contracted
(thousand yen)
Current FY Previous FY Current FY Previous FY Changes Current FY Previous FY Changes Current FY Previous FY Current FY Previous FY Changes
Apr. 65 77 226,176 202,821 111.5% 123,375 133,721 92.3% 54.5% 65.9% 521 550 94.9%
May 55 53 175,567 131,696 133.3% 104,202 96,492 108.0% 59.4% 73.3% 566 607 93.3%
Jun. 72 74 195,032 174,749 111.6% 117,187 124,557 94.1% 60.1% 71.3% 565 632 89.4%
Jul. 66 72 179,372 172,495 104.0% 112,650 117,640 95.8% 62.8% 68.2% 578 637 90.7%
Aug. 58 59 156,301 145,743 107.2% 99,623 94,381 105.6% 63.7% 64.8% 585 603 97.1%
Sep. 68 69 187,172 198,856 94.1% 121,600 123,637 98.4% 65.0% 62.2% 594 642 92.6%
Oct. 71 69 183,316 208,079 88.1% 118,831 121,895 97.5% 64.8% 58.6% 585 586 99.8%
Nov. 69 70 184,820 206,132 89.7% 121,237 115,079 105.4% 65.6% 55.8% 626 578 108.4%
Dec. 60 64 140,329 170,246 82.4% 91,679 97,446 94.1% 65.3% 57.2% 567 584 97.1%
Total 584 607 1,628,085 1,610,817 101.1% 1,010,384 1,024,848 98.6% 62.1% 63.6% 577 602 95.8%
Note: Amounts less than the units shown are discarded but percentages are rounded to the hundredths place.


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