The automaker posted a worse than expected 25% drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday and cut its annual output target operating profit for the quarter dropped to $3.79 billion.

這家汽車製造商週二公佈的季度利潤下降幅度低於預期的25%，並削減了其年度產出目標，該季度的營業利潤降至37.9億美元。

That's well short of an ally Estimates of over $5 billion.

這與盟友估計的50多億美元相差甚遠。

It's the company's fourth consecutive quarterly profit decline.

這是該公司連續第四個季度的利潤下降。

Toyota says it now expects to produce 9.2 million vehicles this fiscal year.

豐田表示，它現在預計本財年將生產920萬輛汽車。

That's down from previous forecasts of 9.7 million, but still ahead of last year, The Japanese giant is battling surging material costs and a persistent semiconductor shortage.

這比之前預測的970萬有所下降，但仍高於去年。這家日本巨頭正在與激增的材料成本和持續的半導體短缺作鬥爭。

It has warned that it remained difficult to predict the future production did rebound by 30% in the last quarter, but the company warned last week that component shortages would continue to constrain output in the coming months.

該公司警告說，仍然難以預測未來的產量在上一季度確實反彈了30%，但該公司上週警告說，部件短缺將繼續制約未來幾個月的產量。