Top Huawei Exec Sees Consumer Revenue Rising Over 20% in 2020
Li Na
DATE:  Apr 09 2020
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Top Huawei Exec Sees Consumer Revenue Rising Over 20% in 2020 Top Huawei Exec Sees Consumer Revenue Rising Over 20% in 2020

(Yicai Global) April 9 -- Income from Huawei Technologies reached CNY858.8 billion last year, posted a 19% growth. And the company's consumer business is likely to maintain over 20 percent growth in the domestic market throughout this year, Richard Yu, the division's chief executive, told reporters today.

Despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, Huawei's outlook for the year is for sales to hold up, with greater input from China, though it is already under pressure due to US sanctions, he added.

The Shenzhen-based company's consumer business revenue jumped 34 percent to CNY467.3 billion, becoming the main source of growth last year.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a challenge for all companies, Yu said, suggesting that the overseas outbreak will last longer than the one in China, and will have a great impact. Huawei's China business recovered quickly in late February to early last month, achieving 70 percent to 80 percent growth in March, he said.

Media reports have said that Huawei had cut some handset component orders to reduce inventory. Yu said that Huawei had no mobile phone inventory and its handsets were out of stock because the epidemic hit production during the Chinese New Year holiday.

Huawei no longer needs to use components from the US, Yu noted. Huawei's mobile phones now use components from China, Japan, South Korea and the US, though it can do without US devices with ample alternatives. Huawei uses a small number of US devices to retain partnership with American companies and help them create value.

Huawei is also using chips from MediaTek, Qualcomm and other firms and maintains good relations with multiple suppliers, Yu insisted, adding that if the US imposes further sanctions, it will greatly damage the global industry.

Editors: Xu Wei, Peter Thomas

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