Nissan sees Sharp upturn on robust Chinese sales, cost cuts
Wed, February 10 2010 16:51 | 177 Views
Tokyo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Nissan Motor Co. (TSE:7201)
is anticipating a group operating profit of 290 billion yen (US$3.2 billion)
in the year through March 31, a dramatic improvement from a 428 billion
yen loss a year earlier, thanks to sales growth in China and cost reductions.
"Our Chinese operations have been doing extremely well," Chief Operating
Officer Toshiyuki Shiga said at a news conference Tuesday. "We experienced
80-90 per cent growth again in January." Nissan expects its Chinese
sales to jump 39 per cent to 756,000 vehicles in the current fiscal year,
its highest growth in any region worldwide.
The figure not only tops its
earlier projection by 44,000 units, but also beats Toyota Motor Corp.'s
(TSE:7203) forecast of a 21 per cent increase to about 710,000 vehicles and
Honda Motor Co.'s (TSE:7267) projection of a 23 per cent rise to 580,000
units.
Source:
Business in Asia Today - Feb.10, 2010
published by Asia PulseEditor: Ricka
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