1、1(COO Ashwani Gupta)Hello everyone.Welcome to Nissans full year financial results for fiscal year 2022.Let me begin with my sincere appreciation to our partners,customers and employees for supporting us through yet another challenging year.We are making company-wide efforts to deliver new cars as so
2、on as possible,with the cooperation of our suppliers,dealers and everyone else involved.I would like to sincerely apologize to our customers who are facing delivery delays.As always,Nissans number one priority is to meet our customer needs.Nissan has faced many headwinds over the past year.But we ha
3、ve clearly identified the challenges,addressed them decisively and delivered results.Now I will take you through our retail sales for the 12-month period ending March 31,2023,as well as our fourth quarter production volumes and unit sales for the final three months of the fiscal year.After that,I wi
4、ll then explain in more detail how we performed in our core markets of Japan,the US,Europe,and China.234In my introductory remarks,I mentioned headwinds and challenging conditions.This slide shows the impact of these trends.For the 12-month period,global unit sales saw a decline of 14.7%to 3.305 mil
5、lion.This is due to the combination of factors like Covid disruption in China,as well as headwinds including supply chain and logistics constraints.In China,unit sales are down by 24.3%to 1.045 million units,primarily due to reduced production linked to Covid lockdowns.By contrast,sales in our home
6、market of Japan were up 6.1%at 454,000 units amid growing demand for electrified models.In North America,unit sales declined 13.5%to 1.023 million vehicles as we continued to prioritize value over volume.In Europe,sales are down 9.2%to 308,000 units.However,European sales rose 5.5%to 305,000 units w