Trust Recovery Growth Vitalization - Marubeni

Other Regions
■ Brazil
Brazil has seen its influence on the global stage increase rapidly
in recent years. The nation has the largest economy in Latin
America, and often speaks on behalf of Third World countries at
international organizations like the WTO and United Nations.
Marubeni Brasil S.A., which now has offices in Sao Paolo,
Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, has been operating for almost 50
years. Activities include the export of soybeans, broilers, iron
ore, non-ferrous metals and other goods to Asia. The
company also imports coal and non-ferrous metal products.
Another core activity is serving as a conduit for importing
advanced technology from Japan. For PETROBRAS, the
national petroleum company, Marubeni Brasil arranged Japan
Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) financing for an oil
drilling platform project; supplied continuous casting equipment
to steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao (CST);
and sold an automated sorting system to the Postal Administration
of Brazil.
Marubeni Brasil plans to expand its participation in environmental
projects involving Joint Implementation/Clean Development
Mechanism emission credits and increase exports to
Japan, such as the sale of aircraft made by Embraer.
Marubeni Brasil owns four operating companies that are
contributing to the growth of Brazil’s economy. Among the four
companies are Cia. Iguacu de Café Soluvel, which exports
instant coffee to Japan, the U.S. and Europe, and SILBASA-
SILICIO, which exports high-purity ferrosilicon to Japan.
■ Russia
In Russia, Marubeni is concentrating on three fields: energy,
machinery and industrial plants, and consumer goods. The goal
is to raise the volume of business in each of these areas. In the
natural resource development sector, we have been participating
for many years in the Sakhalin Island oil and gas development
project, where full-scale production is about to begin. In
the machinery and industrial plant sector, operations target the
Brazil: Iguacu coffee products Russia: FUJIFILM
India: PPN power plant
Marubeni Corporation 2005
supply of machinery and materials, as well as the planning of
entire projects. These activities cover energy, mining, steelmaking,
urban infrastructures and many other industries. Regarding
consumer goods, Marubeni has established a wholly owned
photographic film sales company in Moscow to set up a film
sales network. This and other consumer goods businesses are
operated to closely reflect local market needs.
■ India
Marubeni is one of the first foreign companies to participate in a
power generation project in India, the PPN power plant near
Chennai that began operations in 2001. The plant has consistently
performed as planned. Negotiations concerning other
power generation projects are under way, including contracts
for the supply of generation and distribution equipment, a traditional
field of strength at Marubeni. India has surpassed China
to become the largest recipient of ODA from Japan, pointing to
more growth in infrastructure projects. We plan to continue
targeting the opportunities to help build essential infrastructure
components in India.
India is an important exporter of natural resources. For
example, Marubeni is engaged in exporting iron ore and
ferrochrome to Japan, South Korea and China. Against a backdrop
of booming global demand for metal resources, these export
businesses are all performing well. In the energy sector, Marubeni
has acquired rights in the RAVVA offshore oil and gas field near
Chennai. The field’s daily output is currently 50,000 barrels/day of
crude oil and 2 million cubic meters/day of gas. We are also
involved in the supply of many types of chemical products, a business
that is performing well due to very strong domestic demand.
India is estimated to have twice the amount of arable land as
China. Long an exporter of tea, India thus has the potential to
become an exporter of other agricultural products. We are
examining the feasibility of starting exports of grain, broilers and
other products to Japan and other Asian markets, as well as to
the Middle East.
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