Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., which had been in the red for the second consecutive term, is forecasting the final profit and loss for the current year as sales are recovering in the US market where vaccination with the new coronavirus has progressed. We have revised upward from the 60 billion yen deficit forecast to the 60 billion yen surplus forecast.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced on the 28th that the group's financial results for the three months up to last month were 2,082 billion yen, a 71% increase from the same period of the previous year, and the final profit was 114.5 billion yen. did.
In addition, the business outlook for the current fiscal year has been revised upward from the previous forecast that the final profit and loss will be a deficit of 60 billion yen, and it is expected to secure a surplus of 60 billion yen.
It is said that this is because sales are recovering in the US market where vaccination is progressing and economic activity is recovering, and the yen is weaker than expected and profits are boosted.
Nissan had a huge deficit due to sluggish sales due to the spread of infection and structural reform costs for business restructuring, but it will be the first time in three terms if the final profit for this year is in the black.
However, the conventional outlook that the shortage of semiconductors will force a reduction in production of 250,000 units this year has been left unchanged, and the impact will continue for the time being.
At an online press conference, President Makoto Uchida said, "Although sales quality is improving, car inventories are declining due to a shortage of semiconductors, and the second quarter until September will have a particularly large impact. The second half of this year. I want to recover and achieve the business outlook. "