Tokyo (EFE) problems and costly supplies.
Its profit before interest and taxes (ebit) contracted 8.1% year-on-year, to 3.67 trillion yen (24,720 million euros), in its fiscal year that ran from April 2022 to March 31, and its operating profit fell by 9%, to 2.73 trillion yen (18,360 million euros).
The sales turnover of the world’s largest automotive company by sales volume was 37.15 trillion yen (250,380 million euros), an increase of 18.4% over the previous year.
Toyota placed 8,822,000 vehicles in this period, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year, thanks to “the hard work” of its suppliers “to deliver as many vehicles as possible” to customers despite production reductions during the year, explained today the financial director of the company, Yoichi Miyazaki, in the presentation of his financial report.
Regarding sales of Toyota brand vehicles and its luxury firm Lexus, the manufacturer sold 9.61 million units, 1% more than a year earlier.
electric models
Of the total number of vehicles sold, 29.6% or 2,849,000 were electric models, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year.
In the current year, which started on April 1 and will last until the end of March 2024, Toyota expects an improvement in its net profit, which it estimates will increase by 5.2%, to 2.58 trillion yen ( 17,390 million euros).
The automotive manufacturer also expects an increase of 0.6% in its ebit, up to 3.69 trillion yen (24,870 million euros) and that its operating profit grows 10.1%, up to 3 trillion yen (20,220 million euros). euro).
Regarding sales turnover, Toyota considers that the rise will be more modest, of 2.3%, up to 38 trillion yen (256,070 million euros), due to the absence of the positive impact that a recently concluded financial year has had. favorable currency exchange.