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Credit: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao/Files By Miyoung Kim SEOUL | Thu Jul 5, 2012 2:32pm EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Soaraway sales of the Galaxy smartphone will drive record quarterly profit of $5.9 billion at Samsung Electronics, though the South Korean tech giant is fretting over how Europe's debt crisis is denting demand in its biggest market for televisions and home appliances. Samsung, valued at $170 billion and the world's leading maker of TVs, smartphones and DRAM memory chips, gives its April-June earnings guidance later on Friday, with its flagship Galaxy smartphones likely to have stretched their lead over rivals Apple and Nokia - despite a parts shortage that meant it struggled to keep up with stronger-than-expected demand for its latest Galaxy S III model. While strong handset sales grab the headlines, more than doubling profit growth, other businesses such as chips and consumer electronics are battling weak prices and demand and a limping euro, which eats away at repatriated profits. In a sign that the euro zone crisis is exercising minds in boardrooms around the globe, Samsung executives said this week the group was operating to a contingency plan. "Europe is our biggest consumer electronics market and we may have to initiate cost cuts and product price increases should the euro fall further from the current level," said one executive who didn't want to be named as the plan is internal. "Our smartphones are flying off the shelves, with some outlets reporting 40-60 percent sales growth, but that's distorting the overall trading outlook which is more challenging due to the weak global economy and a weak euro." The euro has fallen around 5 percent against the Korean won since April, and about 8 percent in the past year, to 2-year lows. "A sharp drop in the euro could hit Samsung's TV and home appliance sales as the region has traditionally generated some 30 percent of (consumer electronics) sales," said Brian Park, an analyst at Tongyang Securities. 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