Good Friend sales plunge

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- 30 May 2013 ( #618 ) - Hangzhou, China
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Good Friend International Holdings Inc announced sales figures for the four months ended 30 April of about RMB420 million (USD69 million), down 17% compared to the RMB509 million (USD83 million) recorded the previous year.

According to AAStocks Financial News, the group sold 733 forklift units (2012: 1,252 units), valued at about RMB47 million/USD7.7 million (2012: RMB72 million/USD11.7 million). This is 35% lower than the corresponding period last year.

The group sold 650 units of its computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools (2013: 834 units), valued at about RMB325 million/USD53 million, 19% lower year-on-year.

For its parking garage structures business, Good Friend sold 3,199 units (2012: 2,063 units), amounting to about RMB48 million/USD7.8 million (2012: RMB33 million/USD5.4 million), representing a 44% increase from the previous year.

Good Friend International, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, designs and produces CNC machine tools, three-dimensional car parking garage structures and forklifts.
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