Renault sales decrease by over 19% Sales fall due to new corona infection spread April 24 11:29
Renault, France, which is affiliated with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., closed its sales for the past three months up to the previous month by 19% compared to the same period the previous year due to a significant drop in car sales due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Did.
According to Renault's announcement on the 23rd, this January to March, sales fell by 19% over the same period of the previous year, reaching 10,125 million euros, and the Japanese yen remained at 1,180.0 billion yen. It was.
This is because the number of vehicles sold worldwide, mainly in the main European market, dropped by more than 25% due to the spread of restrictions on going out.
In addition, a decrease in the supply of cars and engines for Nissan and others was also affected.
Renault's Delvos provisional CEO emphasized that there was no problem with cash flow at a conference call for analysts, but it was impossible to determine the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus infection on management. I explained that I cannot give you an outlook for the annual results.
Renault is gradually resuming production at parts factories across Europe, and is planning to start assembling cars at its French plants next week, but due to continued weak demand, it is expected that production will recover. It is expected to take a considerable amount of time.
Meanwhile, the same French company Peugeot Citroën, which announced its financial results on the 21st, saw a 15.6% decrease in sales from January to March compared to the same period of the previous year, seriously affecting the performance of automobile manufacturers. I am.