Logistics Business

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ITOCHU LOGISTICS CORP., the core logistics company for the ITOCHU Group, operates a global logistics business centered on land, sea, and air transportation and the operation of logistics centers as a logistics company affiliated with a trading company. Most notably, the company entered China and India ahead of other companies, and it boasts one of the largest logistics networks operated by a Japanese logistics company.
This company also provides comprehensive services as a multi-functional team that is capable of fulfilling commercial distribution, investment, commercialization, and other needs beyond its logistics capabilities.

Business Development in India

Since 2012, ITOCHU LOGISTICS CORP. has been building a logistics network that stretches across India via IP Integrated Services, a joint venture with local company Parekh Integrated Services. ITOCHU LOGISTICS provides logistics services in areas including healthcare and medicine, automobiles, and food, enabling it to contribute to the expansion of the logistics network in the local market.
Further, ITOCHU LOGISTICS supports companies entering India by providing integrated services, from the undertaking of logistics operations within the premises of factories and plants and wholesale procurement to store replenishment and delivery to end users. ITOCHU LOGISTICS is also enhancing its forwarding function, aiming to handle more air and marine cargo to and from India, instead of working only in the 3PL business in the booming market of India.

Business Development in the ASEAN Region

In the ASEAN region, ITOCHU LOGISTICS is aggressively expanding its logistics operation services in emerging markets through its local subsidiaries in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other countries. In China, it is strengthening its logistics network by operating logistics bases via ITOCHU Logistics (China) Co., Ltd. ITOCHU provides efficient logistics solutions by increasing its cooperation with local companies.

Supply Chain Networks

With recent changes in distribution channels resulting from the emergence of e-commerce giants and changes in the logistics environment such as shortages of truck drivers and trucks, industry demand for new forms of supply chains is growing. Taking advantage of its strengths as a general trading company, ITOCHU has launched a business building new supply chain networks to solve issues faced by the industry as a whole, such as establishing a shared logistics network for the industry.