Kawasaki posted results for 2017/18 fourth quarter and full financial year ended 31 March 2018, with total net sales up at 1,574,242 m yen and corporate profits up at 28,915 m yen.
Total sales in its Motorcycle and Engine division were up at 332,328 m yen, with net sales reported at +6 percent at 331,659 m yen (Kawasaki’s Motorcycle and Engine unit accounts for some 21 percent of overall corporate net sales).
Total divisional unit sales were 560,000 units – 152,000 in developed markets, 342,000 units in emerging markets.
The company says that the “moderate growth of motorcycle markets in developed countries continues” and that the decline in demand for motorcycles in emerging markets is “bottoming out”.
