The contributed article by our president, Kaneko was published in Kyoto Shinbun on 2023 March 18th.
Challenging the Erratic Global Market
Naoki Kaneko
President and Representative Director of Ocean Trading Co., Ltd.
This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of our company, a trading company specializing in the import and export of fresh food goods, flowers, and other products. Last spring, our company's founder and current chairman, Mr. Tachio Yoneda, appointed me as president of the company. Over the past year, I have visited many of our business partners in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia and conducted numerous business negotiations. Witnessing the realities of the world's political, economic, and social situations, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I have once again reaffirmed the importance of my mission as a corporate leader to persevere through these chaotic times and assure a stable supply of products to our consumers.
Mainly due to the Ukraine war and Covid, the price of energy, grains, foodstuff, and other commodities has increased, leading to a decrease in consumer confidence. One of our main products is fresh salmon from Norway and we have been processing it in Ukraine. Even though the difficult situation, we have increased import volume over the previous year. On the export side, we established a new sales base in Singapore and started full-scale transactions with the largest supermarkets in Southeast Asia, maintaining an increase in sales and profit. The assets of a trading company are its human resources. We will continue to develop human resources, regardless of gender and nationality, and boldly take on new challenges of developing commercial products while monitoring trends of the erratic global market.
Naoki Kaneko
President and Representative Director of Ocean Trading Co., Ltd.
This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of our company, a trading company specializing in the import and export of fresh food goods, flowers, and other products. Last spring, our company's founder and current chairman, Mr. Tachio Yoneda, appointed me as president of the company. Over the past year, I have visited many of our business partners in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia and conducted numerous business negotiations. Witnessing the realities of the world's political, economic, and social situations, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I have once again reaffirmed the importance of my mission as a corporate leader to persevere through these chaotic times and assure a stable supply of products to our consumers.
Mainly due to the Ukraine war and Covid, the price of energy, grains, foodstuff, and other commodities has increased, leading to a decrease in consumer confidence. One of our main products is fresh salmon from Norway and we have been processing it in Ukraine. Even though the difficult situation, we have increased import volume over the previous year. On the export side, we established a new sales base in Singapore and started full-scale transactions with the largest supermarkets in Southeast Asia, maintaining an increase in sales and profit. The assets of a trading company are its human resources. We will continue to develop human resources, regardless of gender and nationality, and boldly take on new challenges of developing commercial products while monitoring trends of the erratic global market.
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