1 billion yen 396 million euros recorded a decrease of 52

11 March last, Akio Toyoda, CEO of the first world constructor expected with serenity the presentation of its annual results. They were to witness the resumption in hand of the group, of a spectacular rebound of profits and the end of the painful sequence of callbacks, who had seen Toyota organize the return dealerships more of ten million defective vehicles. But three weeks of the closing of the fiscal year 2010-2011, the earthquake, the tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are from disrupting this arrangement and plunged the Japanese group into a new crisis that could cost him his world number one spot.

On Wednesday, Toyota Motor announced that its net profit had plunged on the period from January to March, 2011 from 77 to 25.4 billion yen ($218 million) when its operating, valued benefit to 46.1 billion yen (396 million euros) recorded a decrease of 52. On these three months, its global sales fell by 12, washed away by a fall of 37 of its deliveries to the Japan.

Without these disasters which have damaged one of its plants in Miyagi and mostly paralyzed production in disrupting its logistics chains, the group have recorded exceptional results.

On Wednesday, he also unveiled annual net profits of 408,1 billion yen (3.5 billion) by 95 from the previous fiscal year, worn by a very slight increase in global sales and restructuring efforts.

Twelve months, Akio Toyoda has refused to disclose a forecast of results and suggested that the year would be very difficult for his group which penalty to boost production at its plants in the archipelago, where he built still 40 of the vehicles it sells in the world. After have completely stopped its production for several days in March, the group works still locally at 50 of its capacity. Would it him miss still some 30 key components in order to ensure the normal rhythms of manufacturing. "Our priority is to return to normal," said, on Wednesday, the CEO who believes now that the company will be able to ensure that 70 of its productions prior to the crisis in mid-June and could fully restore its operation in November.

If the experts considered it "plausible" Wednesday this scenario and hoped even slightly faster recovery, worried they announced new tensions on the Japanese electrical network. Little directly affected by current shortages and restrictions related to the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, Toyota could be EBIT impacted more severely in the coming months, when it will activate its power lift, by the lack of electricity caused by the closure planned reactor of Hamaoka, located on a seismic zone at risk. More than a dozen of its factories are currently powered by the power that the Prime Minister wants to see stop as quickly as possible to prevent the risk of new disaster. "We will do our best to make the balance between economic needs and the need to save energy," stoically commented, Akio Toyoda.

According to projections of Koji Endo, analyst of Advanced Research Japan, various shortages could limit the production of Toyota to 6.5 million vehicles in 2011, against 8.4 million in 2010. Nippon giant would be then overwhelmed on a year by the American