Perodua extends helping hand to Sri Lanka amidst financial crisis

KUALA LUMPUR: The national automaker, Perodua has always been into helping those in need, be it local organizations or ones beyond the border.

After recently donating RM 151,000 to two public hospitals (in the form of goods and equipment), the carmaker is now helping its Sri Lankan distributor, Unimo Enterprises Limited, burdened under the nation's financial crises. The island nation’s imports are at a halt since 2020, thus creating a worrisome condition.

Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad said, “The financial crisis in Sri Lanka has also led to livelihood difficulties and we are thankful that we are now able to extend a helping hand to our partners there.”

In this particular situation, Perodua has sent aid to Unimo Enterprise Limited’s staff of 171 in the form of gift vouchers. Via which the staff can get daily essentials which would come as a great help.

As for Perodua’s performance in Sri Lanka, the automaker’s sale has been effectively halted due to the ongoing import ban. Prior to 2022, the island was the carmaker’s largest CBU export market with the Bezza 1.0L being its best-selling model, as of the end of 2019.

Perodua Malaysia’s sales performance

In Malaysia, Perodua is performing exceptionally well with the brand recording new milestones in production, monthly, and year-to-date sales. From January to November this year, the automaker sold 250,795 units, thus surpassing its full-year target of 247,800.

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