YOKOHAMA, Japan -

In addition to announcing several record-setting production and sales results for June and the first half of this calendar year, as a part of touting its recovery from the Japanese natural disasters, Nissan Motor Co. determined its first-quarter operating profit for the 2011 fiscal year totaled 150.4 billion yen, which equals $1.84 billion or 1.28 billion euros.

Globally, Nissan said it sold a total of 1.056 million vehicles during the first quarter of its fiscal year that wrapped up March 31. That figure was up 10.6 percent compared to the same period in its 2010 fiscal year.

Elsewhere, the automaker indicated its net revenue increased 1.6 percent to 2.082 trillion yen, which equals $25.48 billion or 17.73 billion euros. Nissan added that while the ordinary profit amounted to 147.7 billion yen ($1.81 billion or 1.26 billion euros), net income totaled 85 billion yen ($1.04 billion or 720 million euros).

“Our rapid recovery from the natural disasters in March once again shows the power of Nissan in responding effectively and decisively to crisis,” emphasized Nissan president and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn.

“Nissan’s performance in the first quarter, despite strong headwinds such as foreign exchange and rising raw material costs, demonstrates our potential to deliver the goals of our recently announced Nissan Power 88 mid-term plan,” Ghosn continued.

During the 2011 fiscal year, Nissan stated it will deliver five all-new models globally.

In the first quarter, the Tiida hatchback made its debut in China and the Lafesta Highway STAR minivan was launched in Japan.

Three more all-new models will be introduced, the NV400 front- and rear-wheel-drive commercial vehicles for Europe and the Infiniti JX in North America.

More Details about Nissan’s Production, Sales and Export Results

As the automaker discussed its financial performance, Nissan also offered an update on its production, sales and export results for June and the first half of the current calendar year.

Production Performance

Looking first at June production, Nissan determined its global production increased 18.5 percent year-over-year to 419,831 units, marking an all-time record for a single month.

The company’s production in Japan ticked 1.9 percent higher year-over-year to 102,390 units, due to increased demand for the Juke and an export model, the Rogue.

Officials also noted June production outside of Japan increased 25 percent year-over-year to 317,441 units, marking an all-time record for the month of June.

In the U.S., production increased 13.8 percent year-over-year to 46,909 units, mainly due to increased demand for Altima.

In Mexico, production climbed 25.3 percent year-over-year to 57,614 units, due to increased demand for the new March and Sentra.

In the U.K., production hiked up 13.2 percent year-over-year to 44,842 units, mainly due to increased demand for Juke.

In Spain, production spiked 52.7 percent year-over-year to 13,891 units, mainly due to increased demand for Primastar.

In China, production increased 20.5 percent year-over-year to 110,186 units, marking an all-time record for the month of June. Nissan indicated the production increase was due to stronger demand for the new Sunny and Qashqai.

The automaker mentioned production in other regions shot 65.6 percent higher year-over-year to 43,999 units, mainly due to more demand for the new March/Micra in Thailand, India and Indonesia.

Shifting over to production numbers that include January through June, Nissan computed that its global production moved 11.1 percent year-over-year to 2,144,745 units, reaching a record high for the period.

In Japan, the OEM noted domestic production decreased 18.3 percent year-over-year to 449,492 units. The company attributed the downturn to the effect of the earthquake on March 11 and the impact from the end of a government subsidy program for environmentally friendly vehicles, despite increased output of export models including Rogue and QX56.

Meanwhile, Nissan said its production outside of Japan from January to June increased 22.8 percent year-over-year to 1,695,253 units, marking an all-time record for the period.

Officials noticed production jumped in the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., Spain and China. In China, production increased 18.6 percent year-over-year to 578,526 units, marking an all-time record for the timeframe.

Nissan also pointed out production in other regions, mainly Thailand, India and Brazil, saw a huge increase of 69.6 percent year-over-year to 237,121 units.

Sales Performance

After touting several all-time highs in production, Nissan said it posted some all-time sales marks in June, as well.

The automaker indicated its June global sales increased 13.1 percent year-over-year to 383,723 units, marking an all-time record for the month.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan said it sold 55,659 units in Japan, down 0.3 percent year-over-year.

However, in Japan, Nissan determined June vehicle registrations ticked up 4.2 percent year-over-year to 45,109 units, mainly due to increased demand for the March.

The OEM acknowledged June domestic sales of mini-vehicles were down 15.7 percent from the previous year to 10,550 units.

But elsewhere, the company highlighted that its sales outside of Japan increased 15.7 percent year-over-year to 328,064 units, marking an all-time record for the month of June.

Sales in the U.S. climbed 11.4 percent year-over-year to 71,941 units, mainly due to increased demand for Altima and Juke.

In Europe, sales rose 7.7 percent year-over-year to 57,457 units, due to favorable sales in Russia and stronger demand for Juke.

In China, Nissan watched sales rise 22.4 percent year-over-year to 108,071 units, marking an all-time record for the month of June. Officials believe this performance was mainly due to increased demand for the new Sunny, the new Tiida and Qashqai.

Nissan indicated sales in other regions increased 15.1 percent year-over-year to 63,068 units, mainly due to increased demand in India and Brazil.

Turning next to sales figures from January through June, Nissan discovered its global sales figure increased 12.1 percent year-over-year to 2,249,870 units, marking an all-time record for the period.

Including mini-vehicles, Nissan determined it sold 279,580 units in Japan, down 18.9 percent year-over-year due to the effect of the earthquake on March 11 and the impact from the end of a government subsidy program for environmentally friendly vehicles.

Also in Japan, Nissan said its vehicle registrations decreased 20.6 percent year-over-year to 209,672 units, despite increased demand for Juke and March.

The company pointed out domestic sales of mini-vehicles decreased 13.6 percent year-over-year to 69,908 units.

Meanwhile, the automaker declared that sales outside of Japan climbed 18.5 percent year-over-year to 1,970,290 units, marking an all-time record for the span between January and June.

Sales increased in the U.S., Europe, China and other regions. In China, sales grew 18.2 percent year-over-year to 594,510 units, marking an all-time record for the period.

The company noted sales in other regions jumped 17.3 percent year-over-year to 375,294 units, mainly due to increased demand in Thailand, Indonesia and Brazil.

Export Performance

In wrapping up its widespread company performance update, Nissan noted its exports in June increased 25 percent year-over-year to 75,091 units.

The company indicated its exports to North America rose 31.6 percent year-over-year to 42,673 units, mainly due to increased demand for the Juke and Rogue.

Exports to Europe spiked 35.1 percent year-over-year to 10,429 units, mainly due to increased demand for the Juke.

Finally, Nissan said exports between January and June decreased 5.1 percent year-over-year to 278,969 units, due to the effect of the earthquake on March 11.

Officials pointed out exports to North America increased 9.4 percent year-over-year to 159,186 units, mainly due to increased demand for the Juke and Rogue.

And exports to Europe shot 34.5 percent higher year-over-year to 40,663 units, mainly due to increased demand for the X-Trail and Juke.