Financial Information: Annual Report 2004

	Six-Year Segment Information
	NSK Ltd. and Subsidiaries

Millions of yen (Unless otherwise specified)
For the years ended March 31	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999
Sales by Business Segment
Bearings	¥332,826	¥321,960	¥302,360	¥318,405	¥303,239	¥299,573
Automotive Components	129,303	150,663	128,168	133,192	117,472	108,760
Precision Machinery and Parts	47,072	34,898	33,974	58,018	42,831	37,894
Others	13,016	15,297	16,398	23,529	22,997	26,387
Total	¥522,217	¥522,820	¥480,902	¥533,144	¥486,539	¥472,614
Increase/Decrease from Previous Year
Bearings	3.4%	6.5%	-5.0%	5.0%	1.2%	-3.7%
Automotive Components	-14.2%	17.6%	-3.8%	13.4%	8.0%	0.6%
Precision Machinery and Parts	34.9%	2.7%	-41.4%	35.5%	13.0%	-16.1%
Others	-14.9%	-6.7%	-30.3%	2.3%	-12.8%	-8.5%
Total	-0.1%	8.7%	-9.8%	9.6%	2.9%	-4.2%
Sales by Region
Japan	¥278,646	¥279,261	¥257,625	¥305,965	¥286,838	¥270,719
The Americas	74,885	81,785	76,495	81,448	72,774	77,848
Europe	85,391	81,418	76,964	72,004	64,298	75,743
Asia	83,295	80,356	69,818	73,727	62,629	48,304
Total	¥522,217	¥522,820	¥480,902	¥533,144	¥486,539	¥472,614
Increase/Decrease from Previous Year
Japan	-0.2%	8.4%	-15.8%	6.7%	6.0%	-13.1%
The Americas	-8.4%	6.9%	-6.1%	11.9%	-6.5%	5.2%
Europe	4.9%	5.8%	6.9%	12.0%	-15.1%	28.5%
Asia	3.7%	15.1%	-5.3%	17.7%	29.7%	-0.9%
Total	-0.1%	8.7%	-9.8%	9.6%	2.9%	-4.2%