Huawei logs first annual sales drop in 2021 amid U.S. crackdown

Revenue falls 28.8% to $99.4bn; chief tells staff path ahead will be challenging

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Huawei's current chairman, Guo Ping, said in a New Year's statement on the morning of Dec. 31 that the path ahead will be challenging. © Reuters

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies suffered a nearly 29% decline in revenue for 2021, the first full-year drop the Chinese tech champion has ever reported, as it continues to battle a long U.S. clampdown that has blocked its use of American technologies.

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