German carmaker BMW reported a nearly 15% drop in third-quarter pretax earnings on Wednesday, as competition from China shakes the global car industry. Net profit for the third quarter fell to 1.45 billion euros ($1.61 billion), while sales fell nearly 6% to 30.45 billion euros, BMW said. The main cause of the decline was BMW's poor business in China . Although the company sold more cars in the US and Europe compared to the same period last year, this could only partially offset the decline in China. BMW's car deliveries in China, which were already at their lowest level since 2017 last year, fell 24.8% in the quarter and consequently dragged global deliveries down by 6.3.
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