KARIYA, Japan ― DENSO Corp. has announced global financial results for the first half of the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30.

The company reported consolidated net sales of $18.4 billion, an 11.4 percent decrease from the previous year.

Consolidated operating income totaled $415.6 million, a 74.4 percent decrease from the previous year.

Consolidated net income totaled $303.8 million, a 75.2 percent decrease from the previous year.

”Despite the recovery in car production from the Great East Japan Earthquake in the second quarter, the sharp production decline in the first quarter led to a decrease in both sales and income,” said Nobuaki Katoh, president and CEO of DENSO Corp.

In Japan, in spite of the production recovery, which was earlier than expected, the low production level in the first quarter led to a decrease in sales totaling $12.6 billion, a 10.8 percent decrease from the previous year. Decreases in production volume resulted in an operating income of $22.2 million, a 97.1 percent decrease from the previous year.

In North America, despite the market recovery of the auto industry, the production decreases of the Japanese auto manufacturers led to a decrease in sales to $2.8 billion, a 20.7 percent decrease from the previous year. As a result of the decrease in production volume, the operating loss totaled $39.6 million, a decrease of $223.7 million from the previous year.

In Europe, an increase in sales mainly to European auto manufactures led to an increase in sales to $2.6 billion, a 2.6 percent increase from the previous year. The deteriorating effects of product composition change led to the operating income of $43.1 million, a 38.7 percent decrease from the previous year.

In Asia and Oceania, the decrease in Japanese auto manufactures’ car production resulted in sales decrease to $3.9 billion, a 6.6 percent decrease from the previous year. The decrease in production volume led to the operating income of $342.9 million, a 41.1 percent decrease from the previous year.

In other areas, mainly the South American region, including countries such as Brazil and Argentina, sales totaled $397.1 million, a 1.9 percent decrease from the previous year, and operating income totaled $26 million, a 50.3 percent decrease from the previous year.

“Although substantial increase in production volume is expected in the second-half, we have made a downward revision to our year-end sales forecast considering future business conditions such as exchange loss due to the appreciating yen,” said Katoh.