subject: Businesses Can Harness The Resources Of International Couriers To Help Them Ride The Eastern Tiger [print this page] Making a good impression in Japan can pay big dividends to British businesses, providing they have the backing of reliable worldwide delivery specialists. Growing levels of trade co-operation and investment in the British economy have heightened Japanese businesses awareness of the benefits of working with their counterparts in the UK and our international delivery experts are keen to play their part in making such co-operation possible.
Following the Second World War, Japan developed a close network of manufacturers, suppliers and distributors, known as keiretsu, which was intended to ensure that domestic companies were always considered first when work and contracts were being apportioned. In recent times, however, these tightly-knit networks have crumbled in the face of international competition, meaning that the protection which they offered against the worst effects of global economic troubles did not materialise when the worlds economy hit problems in 2008 and 2009.
Once many of Japans main trading partners began to feel the squeeze, demand for its products fell sharply, and resulted in a sudden end to what, until then, had been almost six years of continuous economic growth. As a result, in 2009, industrial production fell overall by more than one-sixth. But as the worlds sixth largest importer, and fifth largest exporter, there is no doubt that Japan is still a massive potential market for producers of all kinds of products and commodities.
So in order to be best equipped to make inroads into this vast market, a business needs to be able to rely completely on the international delivery companies which it uses to send its products to Japan. The Japanese peoples renowned hard work ethic and efficiency will need to be matched by any company if it is to be successful in exporting its goods and that it where reliable worldwide delivery can make a big contribution.
Enlisting the help of the worlds best-known and best-resourced delivery companies means that any business or individual has the resources and technology behind them which will make doing business in Japan easy. And with such powerful support, the chances of showing the Japanese what a business is capable of are greatly improved. Notwithstanding the worldwide recession, Japan still imported goods worth nearly US$500million (about 350million) in 2009. And worldwide couriers played a substantial role in helping international businesses shine in the land of the rising sun.
