Huawei says revenue in first three quarters ‘basically met expectations’ amid intense pressure on global supply chain
- Huawei said revenue was up 9.9 pct in first three-quarters
- Chinese technology giant is currently battling tighter US restrictions on chip supplies
Huawei Technologies, under fire from the Trump administration, said revenue in the first nine months “basically met expectations” amid the global pandemic and intense pressure on the Chinese technology giant’s supply chain.
Huawei generated 671.3 billion yuan (US$100.4 billion) in revenue in the first nine months of the year, up 9.9 per cent from the same period in 2019. The net profit margin was 8 per cent in the first three quarters, according to a statement on Friday, down from 9.2 per cent in the first six months and lower than 8.7 per cent in the same period last year.
Huawei did not break out the performance of its business segments, which include consumer, carrier and enterprise.
“As the world grapples with Covid-19, Huawei’s global supply chain was put under intense pressure and its production and operations saw increasing difficulties,” Huawei said in the statement. “We will do our best to find solutions, to survive and forge forward, and to fulfil [our] obligations to customers and suppliers.”
Shenzhen-based Huawei, which surpassed Samsung for the first time in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter, has been one of the major casualties of rising US-China tensions. The company, which was added to the US government’s trade blacklist in May last year, is now struggling with tighter restrictions imposed this year, covering access to chips developed or produced using US technology, from anywhere.
Moving forward, Huawei said “it would leverage its strengths in ICT technologies such as AI, cloud, 5G, and computing to provide scenario-based solutions, develop industry applications, and unleash the value of 5G networks along with its partners.”
