J's Marketplace® DX Solution for Japanese Sake Export

As of 2022, the market for Sake in Japan has declined significantly from its peak, and the number of breweries has decreased as well.

On the other hand, the total amount of Japanese Sake products exported in the fiscal year of 2021 (January to December) was approximately JPY40.2 billion, 166.4% compared to the previous year.
The amount has increased for 12 consecutive years since 2010, and further growth is expected.

There's a complicated business model with many parties involved in the trading process, and it takes significant amounts of time and costs for the Japanese Sake products to reach consumers abroad. Although Japan has many world-class Sake brands, only a limited number of them are distributed abroad.

Enables direct deals between Breweries and Importers

J’s Marketplace users can benefit from communication and import/export operation support between Breweries and Importers with built-in translation services.

Breweries can:
- make deals with Importers overseas in Japanese;
- list shops on the e-marketplace through simple procedure;
- export Japanese Sake products with low cost and simple operations;
- easily prepare complicated export-related documents;
- explore new opportunities with new partners globally;
- enable new deals with Importers of trust and credibility;
- enable transactions without relying on export trading companies.

Importers can:
- reduce communication errors through multi-lingual translation;
- establish direct transactions freely and flexibly with numerous Breweries;
- reduce time from order to product arrival through export/import procedure support;
- place small-scale orders in units of M3*;
- reduce inventory risks through small-scale transportation and short lead time;
- enable new deals with Breweries of trust and credibility.
 
(*) M3 means 1㎥.
For reference, one case contains 12 bottles (720ml/bottle). 23 cases contain 276 bottles.

Costs
Participants will not be charged registration fees or other initial costs for J’s Marketplace services.
Fees shall be charged according to the amount of import/export transactions on the platform.
Participants need to cover for their transportation costs, customs clearance, etc.

Notes
- Participants shall agree to the J’s Marketplace Terms of Service to participate.
- Participants shall be asked to prepare to list their shops on the J’s Marketplace, and perform procedure of placing/receiving orders, and negotiate for new deals.
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