Cloetta reports full-year profit dip in ‘weak’ market
Published: 2013-02-18 Authour: Oliver Nieburg+ Views: 10
Core Tip: Scandinavia’s largest confectioner Cloetta has reported a 20% fall in earnings for 2012 due to a weak Italian market, higher sugar prices and a sugar tax in Denmark.
The company released its fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year results today in which it recorded full-year underlying EBITDA of SEK 439m ($70m) down 20% compared to last year.
Q4 underlying net sales fell 7.4% to SEK 1.4bn ($222m), while underlying EBITA rose 2.7% to SEK 208m ($33m).