1 foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network voluntary public distribution date 2 20 2003 ja3701 japan food processing ingredients sector market brief for japanese approved by daniel a martinez director ato osaka us consulate kobe highlights this was prepared the usda s exporters of and products is in domain may be reprinted without permission use commercial or trade names does not imply approval nor constitute endorsement fas includes psd changes no matrix unscheduled ja3 ja i summary 3 ii road map entry 4 strategy b structure 5 c company profiles 6 d trends 10 iii competition 12 iv best product prospects 14 present which have good sales potential significant quantities but 16 because they face barriers18 v post contact further 19 large