Rail Freight in Japan

Introduction

Rail Freight in Japan industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Japan rail freight market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

- The rail freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by rail. Units of volume are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Rail freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this reportare counted in the country of origin. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

- The Japanese rail freight sector is forecast to generate total revenues of $1.2 billion in 2012, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -4.3% between 2008 and 2012.

- Sector consumption volumes are forecast to decline further with a CARC of -5.7% between 2008-2012, to reach a total of 0.93 billion FTK in 2012.

- The performance of the sector is forecast to decline further but with a slower pace, with an anticipated CARC of -0.5% for the five-year period 2012 - 2017, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $1.1 billion by the end of 2017.

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Key Questions Answered

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Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 10
Market Outlook 11
Market value forecast 11
Market volume forecast 12
Five Forces Analysis 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Threat of substitutes 17
Degree of rivalry 18
Leading Companies 19
Central Japan Railway Company 19
Japan Freight Railway Company 22
West Japan Railway Company 25
Macroeconomic Indicators 29
Country Data 29
Appendix 31
Methodology 31
Industry associations 32
Related MarketLine research 32

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan rail freight sector value: $ billion, 2008–12(e) 8
Table 2: Japan rail freight sector volume: billion FTK, 2008–12(e) 9
Table 3: Japan rail freight sector geography segmentation: $ billion, 2012(e) 10
Table 4: Japan rail freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2012–17 11
Table 5: Japan rail freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 2012–17 12
Table 6: Central Japan Railway Company: key facts 19
Table 7: Central Japan Railway Company: key financials ($) 20
Table 8: Central Japan Railway Company: key financials (¥) 20
Table 9: Central Japan Railway Company: key financial ratios 20
Table 10: Japan Freight Railway Company: key facts 22
Table 11: Japan Freight Railway Company: key financials ($) 22
Table 12: Japan Freight Railway Company: key financials (¥) 23
Table 13: Japan Freight Railway Company: key financial ratios 23
Table 14: West Japan Railway Company: key facts 25
Table 15: West Japan Railway Company: key financials ($) 26
Table 16: West Japan Railway Company: key financials (¥) 26
Table 17: West Japan Railway Company: key financial ratios 27
Table 18: Japan size of population (million), 2008–12 29
Table 19: Japan gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2008–12 29
Table 20: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2008–12 29
Table 21: Japan inflation, 2008–12 30
Table 22: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 2008–12 30
Table 23: Japan exchange rate, 2008–12 30

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Japan rail freight sector value: $ billion, 2008–12(e) 8
Figure 2: Japan rail freight sector volume: billion FTK, 2008–12(e) 9
Figure 3: Japan rail freight sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2012(e) 10
Figure 4: Japan rail freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2012–17 11
Figure 5: Japan rail freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 2012–17 12
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the rail freight sector in Japan, 2012 13
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the rail freight sector in Japan, 2012 14
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the rail freight sector in Japan, 2012 15
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the rail freight sector in Japan, 2012 16
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the rail freight sector in Japan, 2012 17
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the rail freight sector in Japan, 2012 18
Figure 12: Central Japan Railway Company: revenues & profitability 21
Figure 13: Central Japan Railway Company: assets & liabilities 21
Figure 14: Japan Freight Railway Company: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 15: Japan Freight Railway Company: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 16: West Japan Railway Company: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 17: West Japan Railway Company: assets & liabilities 28