Hyundai Motor bears brunt of US tariff in 2025 earnings

Hyundai Motor’s revenue took a serious hit last year, suffering a double-digit decline in operating profit after continued exposure to the United States’ 25 percent auto tariff. According to a regulatory filing from the company on Thursday, Hyundai Motor reported an operating profit of 11.46 trillion won ($8.04 billion) in 2025, down 19.5 percent from the previous year. Sales, however, jumped 6.3 percent to 186.2 trillion won during the same period due to the global boom of hybrid cars, the carmaker said. This enabled Hyundai Motor and Kia — two key auto brands under Hyundai Motor Group — to achieve combined sales of 300 trillion won for the first time last year. Earlier, Kia reported a sharper operating profit fall of 28.3 percent during the same period due to the massive auto tariff by the world’s largest economy.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times