Taiyo Yuden announced financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.

According to the statement, net sales of optical storage media (CD-R, DVD±R, BD-R) increased 18.1% over the previous quarter to ¥4,257 million ($45.55 million USD) and dropped 11.3% from the same period last year. Consolidated results for the first nine months of the fiscal year reveal a sales decline of 7.4% over last year to ¥11,552 million ($123.60 million USD).

The company’s full year optical media sales forecast remains unchanged at ¥15,000 million ($160.50 million USD).