Within Kanagawa Prefecture, a number of food-related firms are focusing their efforts on exporting meals merchandise abroad. To assist the worldwide growth of those native firms, Kanagawa Prefecture gives alternatives for enterprise negotiations with abroad consumers and organizes meals gala’s overseas.
In Thailand, the “Kanagawa Fair in Thailand” was held in December on the Max Valu SRIRACHA J-Park retailer (AEON Group) in Chonburi Province. At a particular sales space, 20 merchandise from eight food-related firms in Kanagawa Prefecture had been bought.
When exporting meals merchandise to Thailand, notification and registration with the native authority, the Thai FDA (Food and Drug Administration), are required. This Kanagawa Fair has been held 3 times in Thailand. For these occasions, Kanagawa Prefecture has supplied logistical assist for such that licensing procedures by connecting abroad consumers with native producers beforehand. Through this sequence of actions, over 60 merchandise have been exported to Thailand.
Some food-related firms in Kanagawa that export to Thailand:
— TIVOLI Holdings, headquartered in Yugawara city, focuses on increasing its merchandise abroad, with exports reaching over 25 nations. Its “Akai Bohshi(Red Hat)” model cookies have gained reputation amongst Thais and are repeatedly stocked as staple objects in a number of Japanese retail shops.
— Nature Co Ltd, headquartered in Odawara, manufactures and sells specialty jellies primarily utilizing regionally sourced Kanagawa fruits. They export to a number of markets together with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, Malaysia and Switzerland. Their merchandise are additionally extremely common in Thailand, valued for utilizing Japanese fruits and providing the genuine style of the fruit itself.
Many food-related firms in Kanagawa taking part on this occasion had already established commerce channels in Thailand. However, they confronted challenges similar to difficulties in registering new merchandise with the FDA, establishing common distribution inside Thailand, and increasing gross sales channels. This truthful supplied a possibility to handle these challenges.
Feedback from taking part firms included: “We were able to advance FDA registration for new products in preparation for the fair,” and “Our products were adopted by AEON in Thailand for the first time. This was a valuable opportunity for expanding our sales channels.”
Sales have continued at MaxValu shops all through Thailand after the truthful. These objects are anticipated to be distributed repeatedly as a result of rising gross sales.
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