Looking at net sales by business segment, we see that net sales in the automobile business dropped 21.9 billion yen due to foreign exchange losses despite some improvement in the sales volume and mixture.
Performance at the Aerospace Division rose by 12.3 billion yen thanks to increased sales related to the Boeing 777 and 787. This is a big jump over the previous fiscal year when sales were dragged down by the strike at Boeing during the third quarter.
Sales for the Industrial Products Division fell 11.0 billion yen due to foreign exchange losses on top of a decline in the sales volume.