TOKYO: Panasonic said on Monday its operating profit for the April-December period dropped 18% on lower sales in China but it left its full-year forecast intact despite the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
The Japanese consumer electronics giant said its nine-month sales fell 5.4% to 5.76 trillion yen as the weakness of the Chinese market also pressured the performance of the firm’s sales in Japan. “Domestic sales decreased due mainly to sluggish sales in electromechanical control equipment resulting from the deteriorating market conditions in China,” Panasonic said.Slower sales saw the firm’s operating profit fall to 240.67 billion yen, while net profit came to 178.15 billion yen, which marked an increase of 2.6%, thanks largely to reduced income taxes.
The company left unchanged its full-year forecast, which sees net profit falling 29.6% to 200 billion yen, and operating profit sagging 27.1% to 300 billion yen on sales at 7.7 trillion yen, down 3.8%. The unchanged forecast comes despite the impact of the new coronavirus, which has sent markets plunging and forced manufacturers to keep plants closed.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
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