Hankook Tire said global consolidated sales in Q3 2011 rose 23% year-on-year to KRW1.69 trillion (US$945m) but operating profit fell 23.2% to KRW129.9bn.

Sales in Europe were up by 49.6% and in North America by 30.1%.

Sales were up in the Middle East by 32.6% and by 26.7% in Asia Pacific.