The wholesale in dustry of the city counted
14,550 business establishments.172.134 personsen gaged and annual
sales of 24.7967 trillion yen as of June1, 2004. In thelongterm
.the national share of the city’s wholesaleindustry(insales)has
been decliningfromits peak of 8.7% in 1997 down to 6.1% in 2004.
With the City of Osaka follow ing the sam etrend.the wholesale
industry continuesto concentratein the central Tokyo area.
In 2004.the national share of the whole sale
in dustry in the city in annualsales by type of business show
ed thatm ineral/metalm aterials.pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.automobiles.and
general machinery/appliances accounted for relatively high percentages.
With in the city.the annual sales of the wholesale industry by
type of business shows thatm ineral/metalm aterials and electric
machinery and appliances accounted for relatively high percentages.
With a high concentration ofindustry in theGreater Nagoya Area.raw
materials form anufacturing and machinery/appliancesform the core
of the wholesale industry of the city.
The annual sales of the wholesale in dustry
of Aichi Prefecture by suppliers showed that transactions between
head offices and branches within the same companies are mostfrequent(36.4%).
By distribution channel.”other wholesale(wholesale within the
same company)” accounts for the highest percentage (40.5%).showing
the important role of branches in the wholesale industry in the
prefecture.
In the distribution of wholesale establishments
by ward.the downtown areas such as Naka Ward and Nakamura Ward
show high percentages of concentration in the number of establishments.with
21.3% and 14.4%.respectively. In annual sales.Naka Ward and Nakamura
Ward show very high percentages.with 28.4% and 27.3%.respectively.These
establishments in the downtown areas are concentrated in the Nishiki.Sakae.and
Marunouchi districts in Naka Ward and around Nagoya Station in
Nakamura Ward.
The turnover ofthe Nagoya Central Wholesale
Market in 2005 included 663.000 tons of fruit and vegetables.232.000
tons of fishery products and 12.000 tons of meat.Com pared with
the turnover(in volume) of 1995. fruitand vegetables were 77.6%
and fishery productsw ere76.8% of their levels 10 years ago.showing
a continued down ward trend.
As for the aging and constrained Takabata Market.
the city has promoted a construction project to build a new central
wholesale marketformeat(Nam bu Market) in Funami-cho.Minato Ward.
to relocate and improve the old one.The new market. which will
be sanitary.modern and environment-friendly.will supply safe meat
to consumers.
