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Toyota reports first fall in annual profit in five years

Toyota today unexpectedly warns of more declines as a stronger yen takes a bite out of its bottom line
Toyota today unexpectedly warns of more declines as a stronger yen takes a bite out of its bottom line

Toyota said today that its annual net profit fell for the first time in five years.

The Japanese car maker also unexpectedly warned of more declines as a stronger yen takes a bite out of its bottom line. 

The Corolla and Prius hybrid maker posted a profit of 1.83 trillion yen ($16 billion) on slightly lower revenue of 27.6 trillion yen for the recently ended year to March.

This was well down from a record 2.31 trillion yen net profit the previous year.

Toyota said it expects to see a net profit of 1.5 trillion yen in the current year to March 2018, well off market expectations around 1.9 trillion yen.