FY2020 trading division: product trends

「By product category, food revenue increased as processed foods performed well, although sugar, frozen and chilled foods, and confectionery remained sluggish. Alcoholic beverages also remained solid after rush demand ahead of the consumption tax increase had ended. In commercial products, flour, fats and oils, and other products were at approximately the previous year's level, but revenue declined as chemical products and fuel remained sluggish. In feed and livestock, feed sales to pig and poultry producers remained solid, while livestock revenue increased as the number of finished pigs collected rose. In rice, sales of rice milled for household and commercial use remained sluggish, but revenue increased as brown rice sales performed well.」