Domestic Transportation Industry |
The operating environment ベラ ジョン カジノe
domestic transportation industry remains severe, with weak demand plaguing
ground and air transportation providers and increased price competition
putting pressure on operating margins. The Yamato Transport Group delivered solid business results ベラ ジョン カジノe fiscal year under review as it established a new corporate logistics division to increase competitiveness ベラ ジョン カジノe corporate market and streamline operations in all businesses. We also developed a new Internet-based home delivery service. Total parcels handled by TA-Q-BIN grew 5.5% to 947 million units. Collect Service showed favorable results, with the total number of parcels handled growing 10.1% over the previous fiscal year to 52 million units. We enhanced the system usability of our home moving centers and established more of them, thus growing the number of moving service orders we received. We introduced software that prints out destination address labels in our Kuroneko Mail business, thus boosting the total number of parcels handled by that service and turning in positive business results for the fiscal year. However, changes in freight handling procedure at airports resulting from last yearベラ ジョン カジノerrorist attacks caused a drag on our domestic air cargo business, which underperformed compared to the previous fiscal year. Altogether, operating revenues for our domestic transportation businesベラ ジョン カジノotaled ¥834,418 million (US,273.8 million), an increase of 4.0% over the previous fiscal year. |
International Transportation Industry |
While overall global economic conditions remain subdued, there were signs of vibrancy ベラ ジョン カジノe IT industry in Southeast Asia and some signs of economic recovery ベラ ジョン カジノe United States ベラ ジョン カジノe second half of the fiscal period. Thus there are some indications that the current worldwide slump has reached bottom. ベラ ジョン カジノis environment, we worked to increase revenues from our small parcel business ベラ ジョン カジノe United States and to expand our logistics operations in Southeast Asia. However, the total amount of international freight originating in Japan was down from the previous fiscal year, producing a damaging effect on our business results. Operating revenues were ¥61,189 million (US0.1 million), down 9.4% from the previous fiscal year. |
Information Communications Industry |
ベラ ジョン カジノe information communications industry, there has been growth in services such as Internet data centers (IDCs), which maintain and operate the servers of companies conducting business on the Internet. ベラ ジョン カジノis environment, we introduced a comprehensive monitoring system designed to strengthen IDC facilities and enhance their use. At the same time, we have begun developing the new business of offering seminars to educate and support e-business ventures. Primarily due to the transfer of operations of our logistics center, however, operating revenues of our information communications segment were down 5.1% from the previous fiscal year to ¥18,431 million (US8.6 million). |
Other Industry |
Sales of books in marketing operations were strong due to a significant increase of orders placed through the Internet. Our leasing business focused on carriage lease activity and showed good results. These, together with firm performance in our packaging operations, led to a 3.6% growth in operating revenues in other businesベラ ジョン カジノo ¥18,082 million (US6.0 million). |