Declining Sales of Key Products Due to Competition from Imported Products
First written in FY2016-Q2. 8 of 14 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-10-08.
Kawaguchi Chemical Industry moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2018, 6 years before the typical company in this theme (2024).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 4 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales of general-purpose products for acrylic acid and acrylates, the Company's major customers' main products, declined due to competition from low-priced overseas products.」
Competition from imported and low-priced overseas products continues to manifest itself as lower sales of general-purpose resin chemical products. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「As demand for acrylic acid and acrylates, the Company's major customers' main products, recovered, sales of specialty-shaped products increased due to competition with low-priced overseas products in major products, while sales of general-purpose products declined.」
Sales of general-purpose resin chemicals fell below the same period of the previous year due to competition from low-priced overseas products. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「Although demand for acrylic acid and acrylates, the Company's major customers' main products, showed a gradual recovery, sales of major products fell below the previous fiscal year due in part to competition from overseas products.」
Even as demand recovered, competition from overseas products caused sales of major products to fall below the previous fiscal year. quantified=false, materialized=true. - FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「While sales of some of the Company's major products fell below the same period of the previous year due to intense competition from overseas products, sales of other major products increased.」
Competition from imported and overseas products has affected actual sales, with sales of major products falling below the same period of the previous year. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the domestic resin chemicals business, production of acrylic acid and acrylates remained solid, but sales fell below the same period of the previous year because competition from imported products intensified further for the Company's major products.」
Although acrylic acid and acrylate production remained solid, domestic sales fell below the same period of the previous year due to intensified competition from imported products for major products. - FY2018-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Competition from imported products continued for the Company's major products, and sales fell below the same period of the previous year as competition intensified in major product categories.」
In addition to continued competition from imported products, competition intensified in major product categories, causing domestic resin chemical sales to fall below the same period of the previous year. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Competition from imported products continued for the Company's major products, but domestic sales volume and revenue exceeded the same period of the previous year because active sales activities increased sales volume in major product categories.」
Competition from imported products continues, but active sales activities resulted in domestic sales volume and revenue for major product categories exceeding the same period of the previous year. - FY2017-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the domestic resin chemicals business, production of acrylic acid and acrylates showed signs of recovery, but competition from imported products intensified further for major products.」
Despite the recovery in acrylic acid and acrylate production, competition from imported products intensified further for major products. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Competition from imported products continued for major products. In response, the Company conducted active sales activities and increased sales volume in major product categories, resulting in increases in both domestic sales volume and value from the same period of the previous year.」
Competition from imported products continues, but sales volume and value in major product categories increased through sales activities. - FY2016RestatedAnnual report
「Domestic sales declined because competition from imported products reduced sales of key products.」
The decline in sales of major products due to competition from imported products continues to be a factor behind lower domestic sales. - FY2016-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Domestic sales declined because competition from imported products reduced sales of key products.」
The decline in sales of major products due to competition from imported products is reiterated as a factor behind the decline in domestic sales. - FY2016-Q2First statedAnnual report
「Domestic sales declined because competition from imported products reduced sales of key products.」
Competition from imported products in the resin chemicals business was a factor behind the decline in domestic sales.