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The
company's sales in Asia-Pacific fell 11 percent in the third
quarter, while sales in Latin America declined 14 percent. Sales
in Europe fell 7 percent. The three markets account for a third
of Coca-Cola's total revenue.
The dollar has risen about 12 percent against a basket of major
currencies in the past year.
Coca-Cola's shares fell slightly to $42.10 in premarket trading
on Wednesday.
Sales in North America, the company's biggest market, rose 1
percent, helped by higher pricing and its expanded distribution
agreement with energy drink maker Monster Beverage Corp <MNST.O>.
The net income attributable to shareholders fell to $1.45
billion, or 33 cents per share, in the quarter ended Oct. 2 from
$2.11 billion, or 48 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, Coca-Cola earned 51 cents per share.
Net operating revenue fell nearly 5 percent to $11.43 billion.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of 50 cents per share
and revenue of $11.54 billion, according to Thomson Reuters
I/B/E/S.
(Reporting by Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti
Pandey)
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