Report of Business Meeting with Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd., Fruits & Vegetable

Report of Business Meeting with

Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd., Fruits & Vegetable importer in Osaka

Thai Trade Center Osaka

Meeting Date: 2011/10/04

1. Company Profile

Name of Company: Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd.

Head Office: 1-18-27 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0002 Japan

Tel: 06-6441-8122 Fax: 06-6444-6061 Established: 1877 Capital: 100,000,000yen Turnover: 16,000,000,000yen Employees: 120 Type of Business: Importer & Exporter Products: Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Domestic Office: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai, Sapporo Overseas Office: Hong Kong, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles Website: http://www.showa-boeki.co.jp/ 2. Met With Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd.: - Mr. Akira IRIYAMA, Senior Manager, Planning & Development Section, Provision Div. TTC Osaka: - Ms. Sirikarn Amatayakul, Deputy Director - Ms. Yoshiko Sakata, Market Development Officer 3. Information from meeting 3-1. Thai Fruits Mission to Thailand

Showa Boeki is planning to visit fruits farms / factories in Thailand with buyers of Uny Co.,Ltd in mid Jan.2012 to expand Thai fruits imports for Thai food fair in 2012.

3-2. UNY Thai Food Fair 2012

Showa Boeki submitted "UNY Thai Food Fair" 2012 tentative plan including new idea "Thai-fruits seminar" for Thai fruits promotion.

Uny Thai Food Fair 2012: 12-15 April 2012 (to be confirmed) / Chubu, Hokuriku & Kanto area
Thai Fruits Seminar in Nagoya: 1 st week of April 2012 (to be confirmed) / Nagoya

3-3. SUNNY MART Thai Food Fair

Showa Boeki is negotiating to organizing Thai food fair with Sunny Mart (Headquater: Kochi Pref.), famous regional supermarket chain in Shikoku area.

12-13 May 2012 (to be confirmed)

4. Result of meeting

4-1. TTC will make invitation letters to buyers of Uny Co.,Ltd.

Showa Boeki will coordinate programs for Uny Co.,Ltd.

*Showa & Uny will pay their own travel expenses by themselves

4-2. TTC requested Mr. Iriyama to submit more detailed plan before mid Nov. 2011.

4-3. TTC offered that TTC is willing to visit Sunny mart in Kochi for successful negotiation for Thai food fair 2012.

Showa Boeki will try to make appointment with Sunny mart on Nov.2 or 3, 2011 for TTC Osaka.

Reported by: Yoshiko Sakata, Thai Trade Center, Osaka (Japan)

Thai Trade Center, Osaka (Japan)

Source : http://www.depthai.go.th