Price and Procurement Risks for Copper Products Arising from Copper Market Conditions
First written in FY2016. 6 of 13 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-10.
Suzuki moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 4 years after the typical company in this theme (2018).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 12 of 23 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group shares the latest market information with business partners and suppliers and works to address issues at an early stage.」
The company has expanded its response to raw-material price and procurement risks from business partners to suppliers as well, and continues to share market information and take early action. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「During the interim consolidated accounting period, Japan's economy was on a gradual recovery trend due to improvements in employment and income conditions and increased inbound demand. However, consumer sentiment showed signs of stagnation amid continued inflation resulting from soaring raw-material and energy prices and the yen's depreciation.」
The company continues to describe the cost and inflationary environment resulting from soaring raw-material and energy prices and the yen's depreciation. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative third quarter of the current fiscal year, the business environment surrounding the Group remained uncertain, owing to persistently high raw-material and energy prices resulting from the prolonged situation in Ukraine, a slowdown in the Chinese economy amid a weak real-estate market, heightened tensions in the Middle East, and the effects of monetary tightening in Europe and the United States, among other factors.」
The company states that raw-material and energy prices remain persistently high and continues to recognize the risk of rising raw-material costs. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to higher energy and raw-material prices resulting from the weaker yen and other factors, the business environment remains challenging due to inflation, including higher labor costs caused by labor shortages.」
Raw-material prices continue to rise against a backdrop including the weaker yen, increasing the risk associated with raw-material costs. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「The prices of copper products, the principal raw materials for the Components business, are linked to international copper market conditions, and procurement shortages may arise depending on market conditions and supply and demand. In addition, prolonged tight supply and demand for purchased materials due to semiconductor shortages and other factors may affect the Group's performance and financial position.」
The company reorganizes the previous risks relating to copper market conditions and copper products as raw-material and procurement risks, including semiconductor shortages and tight supply and demand for purchased materials. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Beginning with the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year, the standard scrap value included in materials received in paid-for supplied-material transactions, which had been deducted from cost of sales, ...」
The company states that higher copper-material prices increased the materiality of the standard scrap value previously deducted from cost of sales. Although it states that there is no impact on profit, the actual change in the risk associated with copper market conditions is evident. - FY2020MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group shares the latest market information with business partners and works to address issues at an early stage.」
As a response to raw-material market conditions and supply-and-demand fluctuations, the company has newly specified information sharing with business partners and early action. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The prices of copper products, the principal raw materials for the Components business, are linked to international copper market conditions. Depending on market conditions and supply and demand, procurement shortages may arise, and higher raw-material prices may reduce profit margins, affecting the Group's performance.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of raw-material prices linked to copper market conditions and procurement shortages. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The prices of copper products, the principal raw materials for the Components business, are linked to international copper market conditions. Depending on market conditions and supply and demand, procurement shortages may arise, and higher raw-material prices may reduce profit margins, affecting the Group's performance.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of price fluctuations in copper products linked to copper market conditions and procurement shortages. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「However, deliveries of copper-alloy strip for trial stamping were delayed because of an imbalance in market supply and demand, delaying the sales plan, and sales in this segment declined year on year.」
Delays in deliveries of copper-alloy strip materials caused by an imbalance in market supply and demand actually occurred, resulting in a delay to the sales plan for the Molds segment. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The prices of copper products, the principal raw materials for the Components business, are linked to international copper market conditions. Depending on market conditions and supply and demand, procurement shortages may arise, and higher raw-material prices may reduce profit margins, affecting the Group's performance.」
The company identifies as risks raw-material prices linked to copper market conditions and procurement shortages.