What is happening in the food environment right now?

I will explain it in an easy-to-understand manner.

Various problems arise during the process from the fishing of raw materials to their transportation to ports in countries where processing plants are located .

The environment surrounding deep-sea fishing is deteriorating, with declining catches believed to be due to global warming, rising fuel costs due to the global rise in crude oil prices, and a labor shortage of foreign crew members.

As a result, countries around the world are competing for the scarce fish stocks, and problems are arising, such as the fish not being able to be sent smoothly to processing countries, causing the cost of raw materials to rise more than ever before .

What is happening at the source of raw materials?

Various problems are also occurring in factories in China and Vietnam that process frozen fish.

In response to the new strain of influenza, restrictions on behavior are implemented much more strictly and quickly than in Japan. In some regions, it is difficult to secure workers, and the procurement of raw and secondary materials has been affected, resulting in a significant decline in production activity at factories. In addition, production orders are pouring in from around the world, leading to the elimination of processing that is less profitable for factories.

What's happening at production sites in China...

What's happening at production sites in Vietnam...

The changes in demand specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the slump in consumption and its subsequent rapid recovery, have resulted in a mismatch in supply and demand that is causing major disruptions in logistics.

In the area of maritime transport, the decline in demand following the Lehman Shock has led to an adjustment of the oversupply of ships, and production cutbacks have been made to container facilities, mainly produced in China. This has led to a shortage of port labor due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a container shortage caused by empty containers being stranded inland, and the resulting rise in ocean freight rates, creating chaos in international logistics, and it is expected that it will take a considerable amount of time to resolve this situation.