Nigeria's Unilever says 2013 profit down 16 pct

Reuters
A worker scans barcodes by a chiller cabinet of Flora margarine at a Sainsbury's supermarket in London February 6, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's Unilever said on Friday its 2013 pretax profit fell to 6.9 billion naira ($41.9 million), down 15.5 percent from 8.2 billion naira a year ago. The household product maker said turnover increased to 60 billion naira during the twelve months to December 2013, from 55.54 billion naira the previous year, it said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Unilever said it will pay a dividend of 1.40 naira per share on May 17. ($1 = 164.90 Naira)