In the first nine months of its financial year, a period ended on June 30, Yue Yuen raised its net profit by 5.9 percent to US$377.0 million even as its total revenues rose by 23.4 percent to $5.19 billion. Revenues from shoe manufacturing grew by 25.8 percent to $3.68 billion, with volumes up by 17.0 percent to 249.1 million pairs and the average selling price up by 7.6 percent. In value, sales of athletic footwear were up by 22.4 percent, casual/outdoor styles by 38.7 percent, sports sandals by 18.5 percent and soles, components and other products by 17.6 percent. Geographically, sales were up by 17.1 percent in the U.S., by 29.0 percent in Europe and by 74.5 percent in South America.