The increase comes as production remained flat, but the plant delivered more expensive cars and started deliveries for Jogger, beside the commercial launches for the new Sandero and Logan.
However, Dacia lost its title of Romania’s biggest company by turnover as OMV Petrom regained the top position.
Car and car parts sales climbed by 17.4% to RON19.398 billion. Exports sped up by 20.7%, while domestic sales dropped by 5.3%.
“In 2021 the business environment was further impacted by the health crisis, but not as strongly as in 2021. Several lockdown periods hurt the group’s activity in 2021. Beside the pandemic fallout, 1Q activities were also harmed by disruptions in the electronic parts supply,” reads the report.
The company saw its net profit climb by 67% in 2021 against 2020, to RON498.28 million. The company plans to distribute a total of RON1.526 billion in 2022, out of which RON1.5 billion as dividends and RON25.6 million as legal reserve.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)