Nissan reports small rise in full-year profitsMay 11, 2013 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported a small rise in full-year profits, but sales in its key market of China fell, according to BBC News. Net income amounted to 342.45bn yen ($3.4bn), up 0.3% from the previous year. Global revenue grew 2.3% to 9.6 trillion yen. Sales in China fell 5.3% to 1.18 million units, with Nissan's market share down 6.5% from the previous year. Chinese consumers were urged to boycott Japanese goods last year amid a row between the two countries. China makes up a quarter of Nissan's global sales, and chief executive Carlos Ghosn has pledged to become a leader in electric cars in China, ploughing significant investment into the technology. Sales in Europe decreased 7.5% to 660,000 as the downturn in the region's economy hit sales. U.S. sales rose 5.4%, while demand in emerging markets was strong. Overall, sales worldwide increased to 4.9 million units, up 1.4% from the previous year. Nissan, which is partly owned by France's Renault, said it expected net profit to increase by 23% to 420bn yen in the current financial year. Toyota and Honda both reported record sales in the year ended March. Revenue for Toyota rose 16.3% while Honda saw sales jump 32.2% year-on-year. Their profit rise has been largely due to a weakening yen against other currencies, which inflates overseas earnings when they are repatriated. But Nissan used a relatively conservative exchange rates when calculating its latest earnings, with a dollar-yen rate of 82.9 yen to the dollar. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |