Operating profit for the three months ended December reached 181.3 billion won ($124 million), down from 219.9 billion won a year earlier, according to regulatory filings on Monday. Revenue rose about 1 percent to 4.54 trillion won.
For the full year, CJ CheilJedang posted revenue of 17.75 trillion won, down less than 1 percent from 2024. Operating profit fell about 15 percent to 861.2 billion won as the bio division faced weak demand for high-margin products including tryptophan and specialty amino acids.
On a consolidated basis including logistics unit CJ Logistics, the company reported annual revenue of 27.34 trillion won and operating profit of 1.23 trillion won.
The food division reported annual revenue of 11.52 trillion won, up about 2 percent, with overseas sales reaching a record 5.92 trillion won and surpassing domestic sales for the first time. Fourth-quarter overseas food revenue hit an all-time high of 1.61 trillion won, up about 9 percent from a year earlier.
Domestic food sales declined about 4 percent to 1.31 trillion won in the quarter, hurt by weak consumer spending and rising costs. The company said it would expand overseas sales of hit products including dumplings and rice products while improving efficiency.
"We will accelerate global business expansion based on our only-one spirit and quickly secure innovative growth drivers for the future," a company official said.
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