Piramal Glass records Rs. 1,223 m revenue in Q1

Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC has concluded the 1st Quarter of FY2014 with Rs. 1,223 million in revenue and Rs. 358 million in PAT, which included profit from the sale of their Rathmalana land for Rs. 297 million. The sale of glass products during the first three months of FY14 was Rs. 1,223 million, 6% less than that of the same period last year, i.e. Rs.1,292 million. Domestic sales stood at Rs. 916 million as against Rs. 932 for the same quarter of the previous year.

Sanjay Tiwari

The sales were mainly affected by the low demand in the liquor and aerated water segment. Exports stood at Rs. 307 million and saw a decrease of 15% as against the Rs. 360 million received in the same quarter of the previous year.

Piramal Glass Ceylon previously had its export market hub centralised around India. With the devaluation of the Indian Rupee, exports to India have become quite competitive thus, PGC has started more focused market development in Australia, New Zealand and Mauritius.

"Several new bottles were developed during this quarter for the Australian and New Zealand market, and we hope the results would be seen during the latter part of this year," said Managing Director and CEO, Piramal Glass, Sanjay Tiwari. The gross profit was at 22% as against the 28% achieved during the same quarter of the previous year. The main contributor towards this drop was the electricity tariff increase which affected production costs directly and indirectly due to increased raw material and packing costs.

The Quarter-end PBT was Rs. 370 million, which included Rs. 297 million profit from the sale of land. The Operational PBT stood at Rs. 73 million as against the PBT of Rs. 143 million in Q1 of FY13.

The transaction with regard to the part sale of the Ratmalana land was concluded during the quarter under review.

The sale value stood at Rs. 355 million and the profit was Rs. 297 million. These funds were used to settle part of the long term loans.