Released on = April 18, 2006, 4:49 am

Press Release Author = RNCOS

Industry = Food & Beverage

Press Release Summary = RNCOS Research: (http://www.rncos.com/Report/FB16.htm)
Japan's food processing industry is one of the major manufacturing sectors. But due
to various reasons it suffers low productivity. However, it has a high potential
which can meet the growing consumer demand.

Press Release Body = RNCOS Research: (http://www.rncos.com/Report/FB16.htm) Japan
has a progressive food-processing sector, however, the manufacturing companies in
it, lack economies of scale and automation both leading to low productivity. The
sector is also handicapped by inadequate FDI in packaged goods; its trade is over
protected resulting in facing little competition with global best practices.
Competition is also low in the domestic side due to local monopolization of the food
processing industry.

In spite of all these Japan's food processing industry has a potential to grow by 7%
every year. This is in close comparison of 66% of US levels in the next decade.
Industrialists believe that the high potentiality of this sector can enable high
productivity compromising on domestic consumer demand.

Japan has long been a major importer of agricultural products due to lack of arable
farmland and high production costs. The same agricultural products are used in the
processing industry. United States supplies the largest share of agricultural
products to Japan, which amounted to $15 billion in 2004 representing a share of 33%
of Japan's total imports.

In an explorative and interesting market research report named "Food Processing
Market in Japan (2005)" prepared by analysts at RNCOS, it tells that while in 2004
the Japanese food processing industry including beverages valued at US $212 billion
(23tr Yen) the future increase is expected to be only 4.5%.

The report provides suggestions with supporting ideas of new international
strategies and marketing plans specifically for Japanese food processing industry.
It also has statistical inputs to back business environment, economy and trade
balance of the industry in relation to other countries.

The market research report explains how the industry's growth in the country has
taken place with the availability or raw materials, changing lifestyles and flexible
trade patterns.

It also analyzes the appreciation in demand and supply in the region with respect to
unit sales while discussing the hindrances to growth opportunities for traders.

The report covers the profile of key companies in the food processing sector that
includes brief profile, recent financial figures, key management profiles, and
companies' strategic moves/ press coverage for the overall market estimation and its
trends.

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