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Huawei’s Q1 Sales Down 14 Percent as US Sanctions Remain

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:25 am
by claireokc
SINGAPORE—Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone maker Huawei’s sales fell 14 percent in January–March from a year earlier as it grappled with U.S. sanctions, according to figures released by the company Thursday. Huawei Technologies said its revenue was 131 billion yuan ($19.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to 152.2 billion yuan a year earlier. Its net profit margin for the quarter was 4.3 percent, down from 11.1 percent in the same quarter of 2021. Huawei’s rotating chairman, Ken Hu, said the figures were “in line with forecasts.” In 2019, Shenzhen-based Huawei was placed on a trade blacklist that restricted American companies from doing business with the major provider of network equipment and smartphones. The sanctions have hit Huawei hard since it relied on Google services and other essential technologies for its handsets. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/huaweis-q ... 35132.html