Huawei, a major Chinese telecommunications equipment company, posted record highs for overall sales last year, while overseas business sales began to decline for the first time due to restrictions imposed by the United States.
According to Huawei's financial results for the past year announced on the 31st, sales were 891.4 billion yuan = Japanese yen, which was about 15 trillion yen, an increase of 3.8% from the previous year, a new record high.
This is due to the development of the latest communication standard 5G in China and the increase in demand for online services in fields such as medical care and education due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
However, sales in the overseas business were about 5 trillion yen in Japanese yen, a decrease of nearly 13% compared to the previous year, and began to decrease for the first time since the announcement.
As the conflict between the United States and China intensified, regulations by the United States made it impossible to install Google apps on their smartphones, and smartphone sales fell sharply.
Huawei is taking measures such as developing basic software for smartphones, but in addition to being subject to export restrictions on semiconductor procurement from the United States, there is also a move to eliminate 5G communication equipment in the United Kingdom and other countries.
Huawei's Vice Chairman Huawei complained at a press conference, "American companies are mainly affected by American regulations. Consumers are also suffering losses and why not fix them right away." I made it.