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Apple Korea logged $5.9 billion in sales from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, up 3.3 percent from the $5.7 billion it recorded from the previous one-year period.
However, net income for the period was $91.3 million, down from the $100.5 million it raked in the previous year.
The company’s operating profit dropped 23 percent on-year from $92 million last year to $69.6 million, with an operating profit margin of 1.2 percent.
Apple Korea paid $40.6 million in corporate taxes for the fiscal year ending September 30 last year.
