US company Procter & Gamble ( P&G ) began its fiscal year with attributable net profit of 4,750 million dollars (4,093 million euros) between July and September, its first quarter, representing a 20% increase on the profit recorded in the same period of the previous year, according to the owner of brands such as Gillette and Pantene , which has halved the previously expected adverse impact of tariffs.

P&G's net sales in the quarter were $22.386 billion (19.29 billion euros), a 3% year-on-year increase on a reported basis, while organic growth (which excludes the effects of foreign exchange and acquisitions and divestitures) was 2%, including a 1% increase in prices.

Between July and September, the business' Beauty division generated sales of 4,143 million dollars (3,570 million e

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