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After the devastating tsunami of 11 March 2011 is the Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer Honda broke the gain. in the first quarter of this fiscal year, which runs from April to June, by 90 percent to 22.5 billion yen (200 million €).


The earthquake had severely disrupted the production, a company spokesman. Exacerbating the appreciation of the yen. Nevertheless, Honda cut off much better than analysts had expected. It is the profit also rising motorcycle sales in emerging markets like India and Brazil to thank for.

The Japanese manufacturer raised its profit forecast for the current financial year to April 2012 to 270 billion yen (2.5 billion euros) and sales forecast to 3.4 million vehicles – almost as much as in 2010/2011.