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DuPont upside surprises but net profits see declineAFP NEW YORK CITY -- The U.S. chemical giant DuPont posted Tuesday results that were better than the market expected for 2012, and was optimistic for this year even though its net profit fell by almost 20 percent to US$2.78 billion.
January 23, 2013, 4:34 pm TWN For 2013, DuPont said that sales should climb to around US$36.0 billion, but revealed that in the fourth quarter of 2012, its net profit was more than three times lower than the figure for the same period in 2011, at US$111 million.
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