Describing company performance
- The net profit of the company has doubled this year.
- In 2007, our profits increased by 60%, with the figure reaching RMB 108 million.
- By exploring new markets, our company had a net profit of RMB 3 million in the first quarter of this year.
- Production costs have decreased by 30%.
- The production in October increased by 21% over the same period last year.
- Our export volume this year is 12% down from last year.
- Compared with the previous year, we had a slight increase in export sales.
- This quarter we have exported three times as many air conditioners to India as (in the) last quarter.
- Our market share in China registered a rise of 7% last year.
- The investment in new business this year has been twice as much as last year.
Referring to graphs and charts
- The line / bar graph shows / displays / illustrates / demonstrates the profits in the last four years.
- As is shown on this pie chart, the total output of refrigerators stood at 2.8 million units.
- The vertical axis / y-axis shows the time period from May to October. The horizontal axis / x-axis shows the sales volume in millions of dollars.
- The blue bar shows the profit we made each year, and the yellow bar shows the turnover.
- On this graph, I have shown both profit and turnover.
- The solid line represents turnover and the broken / dotted line represents profits over the last eight years.