Kawasaki sales up by 12% in EuropeKawasaki's financial results for its full 2015/206 financial year (ended March 31st, 2016) show motorcycle and related powersports vehicle unit sales up in Europe for the period by over 12 percent at 64,000 units (from 57,000 for their 2014/15 financial year).
Motorcycle sales in the United States totalled 51,000 units (up from 49,000 for the year-ago period), but with unit sales in Japan flat at 15,000 units and emerging markets down heavily (340,000 units from 409,000), Kawasaki's overall worldwide motorcycle and related powersports unit sales performance is down by nearly -10 percent (524,000 units from 581,000).
However, the growth in sales to developed markets has seen Kawasaki's motorcycle industry financial performance improve, with net sales +4.3 percent at 333.5 billion Yen (329.2 billion Yen in 2014/2015), generating a +0.8 percent improvement in operating income (to 15.7 billion Yen).
Kawasaki is forecasting motorcycle orders and net sales to be down by some -8.5 percent for its 2016/2017 financial year, with the operating income generated by its motorcycle and related powersports industry sales down by -2.2 percent for the year ahead.
