Itochu : Personnel Change (PDF 55KB)

Itochu Corporation is a diversified group organized around 8 areas of activity: - distribution of food products (34.9% of net sales): frozen food, vegetable oil, sweeteners, sugars, etc.; - distribution of hydrocarbons (23.3%): hydrocarbons (natural gas, oil products, bioethanol, etc.). The group also develops manufacturing of chemical products activity; - manufacturing and sale of industrial and construction machines, vehicles and ships (9.7%); - production of metals and coal (8.5%); - sale of consumer products (8.4%). The group also develops forest products sale and real estate development activities; - distribution of computing and telecommunication equipments (7%): data transmission, Internet access, media content broadcasting and mobile telephony equipments. The group also offers financial services; - sale of textile products (3.6%); - other (4.6%). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (79.5%), Singapore (5.4%), the United States (4.5%), Australia (3.1%), China (2.8%) and other (4.7%).