Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has said its first-quarter profits jumped 19% on the back of robust international sales.
The company posted Q1 net profits of $1.5 billion, or 64 cents a share, ahead of what analysts had expected.
Revenue rose 21% to $7.38 billion. The company said the revenue increase was partly due to a rise in concentrate sales and benefits from currency movements.
Coca-Cola said its international business led its results. Sales volumes rose 6% in the quarter, with acquisitions adding two percentage points of the growth. International operations had 7% volume growth.
