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aap: Significant sales increases in Q2 (+74%) and H1 (+37%) underline growth targets for FY/2021; USA for first time with EUR 1 million sales quarter - Seite 2

Sales H1/2021

in KEUR	H1/2021	H1/20201)	Change
Sales Germany USA USA Distributors USA Global Partners International (without USA) Europe (without Germany) BRICS Countries RoW (Rest of World)	5,971 1,231 1,750 1,709 41 2,990 960 831 1,199	4,354 1,125 1,343 1,131 212 1,886 783 488 615	+37% +9% +30% +51% -81% +59% +23% +70% +95%
Sales	5,971	4,354	+37%

 

 

Looking at the individual regions, against the backdrop of the relaxation of COVID-19 measures implemented in many places and progressing vaccination campaigns, aap was able to record a recovery in business in all major markets and realize in some cases very significant sales increases. International business developed particularly strongly (Q2: >+100%, H1: +59%). This positive development is based on the one hand on recovery trends in important markets such as Brazil, Mexico and South Africa compared with the COVID-19 impacted reference periods of the previous year, and on the other hand on the strong growth rates of Spain and Saudi Arabia, which were even able to overcompensate for their losses from financial year 2020. In Germany, too, the Company continues to recover following the lifting of numerous pandemic measures (Q2: +3%, H1: +9%), although growth here was lower than in the other core markets. This was primarily due to the relatively late end of the lockdown in Germany, where many restrictions were not lifted until the beginning of June this year. Even though Germany has not yet returned to the level of the pre-COVID-19 year 2019, an upward trend was already discernible in June following the easing of the COVID-19 measures, suggesting further growth.