Honda Warns of Rising Costs, Forecasts Weaker Annual Profit

Sumber: Reuters | Editor: Anastasia Lilin Yuliantina

KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO.  Japan's Honda Motor on Friday forecast a steeper-than-expected 7% fall in annual earnings and warned that the long chip crunch and rising raw material costs were hurting profit, echoing comments from rivals Toyota and Nissan.

Global automakers such as Honda have slashed production due a severe shortage of semiconductors, and now face what top automaker Toyota Motor called an "unprecedented" increase in costs as China's Covid-19 curbs have shuttered factories and the war in Ukraine further strains supply chains.