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Huawei posted revenue of 445.8 billion yuan ($62.03 billion)for
the first three quarters, 10 billion yuan less than it saw in
the same period a year earlier, the company said on Thursday.
Profits fell 42.45% in the same period to 26.75 billion yuan,
based on Reuters calculations, a drop a company spokesperson
attributed to investment in research and development and new
business areas.
Revenue for the third quarter alone came to 144.2 billion yuan,
up 6.5% on a year earlier, based on Reuters calculations.
Performance was in line with the company's forecast, said
rotating Chairman Eric Xu.
"The decline in our device business continued to slow down, and
our ICT infrastructure business maintained steady growth."
The United States placed Huawei on an export blacklist in 2019,
banning the telecom giant from buying components and technology
from U.S. companies without U.S. government approval.
The move largely hobbled Huawei's handset business, which
commanded 42% of the China market in 2019. The company is now a
bit player behind rivals, including its former budget unit
Honor, which it sold in 2020.
Huawei is pushing to develop other businesses that are less
dependent on U.S. technology, including smart car components,
energy efficiency systems and cloud services.
In its first nine months the Aito M5 vehicle, which Huawei
jointly developed with Seres, ranked 10th among all electric SUV
models by sales in China, according to the China Passenger Car
Association.
($1 = 7.1870 Chinese yuan)
(Additional reporting by Zhang Yang; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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