Restructuring of business areas and lower margins resulting from the liberalization of customs declaration offices and other measures
First written in FY2017. 3 of 5 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2027-H1.
Hyoki Kaiun moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 6 years after the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 5 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2027-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as customs brokers moved to revise customs clearance fees against a backdrop of rising labor costs and increasingly sophisticated and complex customs operations, we also decided to revise our customs clearance fees and began negotiating with customers to seek their understanding of the fee revision.」
The increasing sophistication and complexity of customs-clearance operations, together with soaring labor costs, has materialized as a burden requiring revisions to customs-clearance fees. - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「As customs-clearance procedures have become more complex with the expansion of free trade and economic partnership agreements, we will work to negotiate revisions to handling charges and customs-clearance fees related to the port transportation business.」
The increasing complexity of customs-clearance procedures resulting from changes in the regulatory and trade environment has been explicitly identified and has materialized as a business burden requiring negotiations to revise fees. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「In the domestic port operations business, AEO accreditation and regulatory deregulation have made the operating environment more challenging, but the company views them as an opportunity for proactive sales activities.」
The company continues to recognize the risks of competition and lower margins resulting from the AEO system and regulatory easing, while indicating that it will address them as business opportunities. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「The company is operating under severe conditions, including efforts to pass higher truck freight rates caused by labor shortages through to customers, and market-share erosion against the backdrop of major regulatory easing, including the liberalization of customs declaration offices for customs clearance.」
Regulatory easing, including the liberalization of customs declaration offices, is identified as a competitive risk involving not only lower margins but also the erosion of existing market share. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Ahead of major regulatory easing, including the liberalization of customs declaration offices scheduled for this autumn, the company expects margins to decline due to market-share competition among operators.」
The company identifies market-share competition among operators triggered by regulatory easing and declining margins as new risks for the port transportation business.