Kawasaki's Motorcycle and Engine division has reported net sales of 225.5bn yen for Q3 of its current financial year (October, November and December 2020), which is -4.6% down on 230.15bn yen for the year-ago quarter.
However, that represents a 1.8bn yen segment operating profit for the quarter, compared to a -4.5bn yen loss in the year ago period (a +6.4% improvement in segment profit).
Kawasaki states that "the market has been significantly affected due to the impact of COVID-19 in the major markets of Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.
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"Recent retail sales have exceeded the level of the same period of the previous year in the US market due to rising demand for off-road models, and the European market has recovered to the same level as the same period of the previous year. However, emerging markets are still sluggish and remain below the level of the same period of the previous year.
"Segment operating income has improved due to reduction of fixed cost and other factors, despite a decrease in revenue".
Total motorcycle unit sales are put at 300,000 for the quarter, worldwide, which is down from 404,000 units in the year-ago period, with "developed" market unit sales down at 91,000 units compared to 101,000 for the year-ago quarter, but unit sales revenue was up in developed markets at 73.7bn yen, compared to 72.9bn on 10,000 more units for the year-ago period.
Emerging market unit sales down at 151,000 from 252,000 a year ago, and UTV, ATV and PWC unit sales up a little at 58,000 units worldwide compared to 51,000.
