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Now moving on to the reasons for the change in operating income from 18.9 billion yen to 18.3 billion yen:
The primary factor for the increase in profit is an increase of 37.5 billion yen due to the improvement of sales volume and product mixture. It is made up of the following three details: (1) from the domestic market 3.7 billion yen increased based on the effect of new models of Forester and Exiga that compensated for a decrease of the number of units of minicars, Legacy and Impreza. (2) from overseas markets 18 billion yen increased due to the growing volume and improved product mixture. (3) Other increased by 15.8 billion yen [unrealized profit from inventory increased by 5.4 billion yen (+2.2 billion yen for domestic market, +3.2 billion yen for overseas market), others increased by 10.4 billion yen].
An increase of 3.8 billion yen by reduced R&D expenses (from 26.6 billion yen to 22.8 billion yen). The reduction was based on the development of new models completion at this period.
On the other hand, as a primary factor for the decrease in profit, losses from foreign exchange fluctuation stood at -20.0 billion yen: A loss of 19.4 billion yen for an appreciation of 14 yen against the U.S. Dollar; a gain of 0.2 billion yen for a depreciation of 1 yen against the Euro; and a loss of 0.8 billion yen for an appreciation of 7 yen against the Canadian dollar.
19.4 billion yen reduced due to an increase of SG&A expenses and others. It is made up of the following four details: (1) -8.2 billion yen due to an increase in fixed cost (-8.1 billion yen for Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., -0.1 billion yen for SIA), and there were an increase in the cost of dies of suppliers' (-3.1 billion yen) and an increase in fixed processing cost (-5.0 billion yen) at FHI. In addition, at SIA (-$1M), there was an increase in fixed processing cost (-$5M) although the cost of dies of suppliers' decreased (+$4M). (2) -5.8 billion yen based on an increase of SG&A expenses. In the domestic market, +0.1 billion yen based on decreased SG&A expenses (+0.2 billion yen) at FHI, which compensated for an increase by the dealers (-0.1 billion yen). On the other hand, overseas, SOA (0.8 billion yen, US$ 6M) has reduced incentives by $200 per vehicle year on year basis [from $1,800 to $1,600, totaling to +$16M], which compensated for the advertising costs and suchlike (-$10M). In addition, -2 billion yen based on the consolidate new subsidiaries, -2.3 billion yen due to increased incentives and advertising costs in Canada, and -2.4 billion yen based for Others. (3) -3.8 billion yen due to an increase of warranty cost and (4) -1.6 billion yen for others based on the foreign exchange rate adjustment with subsidiaries.
Minus 2.5 billion yen from reduction in cost, net of the price raise of raw materials, -3.2 billion yen for FHI, and 0.7 billion yen for SIA. This includes a decrease of 11.2 billion yen as a price raise of raw materials, such as steel and precious metal (-9.4 billion yen for FHI, -1.8 billion yen for SIA).
Accordingly, operating income decreased by 0.6 billion yen, a decrease in profit of 3.0%. |
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