TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors cut on Wednesday its forecast for the current fiscal year's operating profit by 30% due to the negative impact from U.S. tariffs, lower expected sales volume and higher selling expenses.

The company said it expected to book an operating profit of 70 billion yen ($475.12 million) for the fiscal year through next March, 30 billion yen lower than its previous forecast.

Its shares sold off on the news and were last trading down 2% at around 401 yen.

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(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Himani Sarkar)