Number of bases
22
We have 22 bases overseas. * We develop global businesses utilizing this network.
*This includes overseas local subsidiaries, overseas offices, and overseas subsidiaries.
Sales ratio
52.5%
The three-year average of our overseas sales ratio is 52.5%. *
Centering on China and the rest of Asia, Europe, and the United States, we engage in transactions in various countries in a wide range of fields.
*FY 2018-2020
Year of establishment
1931
Our company’s first overseas transactions were in 1931, the year of our establishment. Our predecessor organization D. Hayashi Shoten was founded as a company that exports raw silk to the United States, and we opened an office in New York in 1933. We were designated as a “Japan-China friendship trading company” in 1961.

