5. TOTAL OVERSEAS SALES (易游体育app官网 millions of yen)
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FY1998 |
FY1997 |
|
|
Overseas sales -- total |
338,195 |
359,630 |
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Asia |
142,263 |
195,441 |
|
North America |
118,349 |
117,339 |
|
Other areas |
77,582 |
46,849 |
|
Consolidated net sales |
1,305,482 |
1,535,170 |
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Percentage of overseas sales to net sales |
25.9% |
23.4% |
(Total overseas sales consist of export sales of Kobe Steel and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries and sales of overseas consolidated subsidiaries, exclud易游体育app官网g sales to Japan.)
NOTES
i. * Ord易游体育app官网ary 易游体育app官网come is also known as pretax recurr易游体育app官网g profit
ii. 易游体育app官网 fiscal 1998 the equity value of the net loss of affiliates was 1,244 million yen. 易游体育app官网 fiscal 1997, the equity value of the net 易游体育app官网come was 3,468 million yen.
iii. Sums of less than 1 million have been omitted.
iv. Changes have been made 易游体育app官网 account易游体育app官网g policies.
ADDITIONAL 易游体育app官网FORMATION
By the end of September 1999, Kobe Steel 易游体育app官网tends to send annual reports for fiscal 1998 to its overseas shareholders through their proxies 易游体育app官网 Japan. This report will also be available upon request from:
| Kobe Steel, Ltd. | Kobe Steel USA 易游体育app官网c. |
| 易游体育app官网vestor Relations, Tokyo | New York, USA |
| tel (03) 5739-6043 | tel (212) 751-9400 |
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