Operating profit - JUKI

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Business performance for the first half of fiscal period (2005)
ending in March 2006: Change in the business performance
The business result dropped in the second half of 2004. Both the
amount of sales and operating profit recovered in the first half of fiscal
2005, however.
Amount of sales
(Amount of sales)
Unit: Billion yen
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
66.9
Result for the
first half of
fiscal 2004
60.9
5.8
5.0
4.6
3.5
Result for the
second half of
fiscal 2004
63.7
6.0
5.0
Result for the
first half of
fiscal 2005
(Operating profit
Ordinary profit)
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
The amount of sales dropped in the
second half of fiscal 2004. It recovered
moderately in the first half of fiscal 2005,
but not to the level reported in the first
half of fiscal 2004.
Operating profit
Operating profit dropped in the second
half of fiscal 2004 and recovered in the
first half of fiscal 2005.
Profit in the first half of fiscal 2005 rose
from the level reported in the first half
of fiscal 2004.
Ordinary profit
Ordinary profit dropped in the second
half of fiscal 2004 and recovered in the
first half of fiscal 2005. Profit for the
first half of fiscal 2005 stood at about
the same level as that reported in the
first half of fiscal 2004.
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