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Affco yesterday reported its September year net profit fell 39 per cent to $13.1 million. Profit before tax and interest expense fell to $18.1m from $24.1m.
The meat exporter's chairman Sam Lewis said it had been a challenging year for the processing sector.
An unchanged fully imputed dividend of 1 cent per share will be paid in December. Affco shares were unchanged on 37 cents.
- NZPA
