By Joanne Chiu 
 

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (1114.HK) said Friday its first-half net profit fell 5.7%, on lower contributions from its car-making joint venture with Germany's BMW AG (BMW.XE).

Brilliance China's first-half net profit was 1.80 billion yuan ($270.5 million), down from CNY1.91 billion a year earlier.

First-half revenue rose 20.8% to CNY2.49 billion from CNY2.06 billion the previous year. It recommended an interim dividend of HK$0.11 per share, the same as last year.

Write to Joanne Chiu at joanne.chiu@wsj.com

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August 26, 2016 05:00 ET (09:00 GMT)