Supply Chain
The service reduces transportation costs for small suppliers by as much as 60%.
Toyota Tsusho ships auto parts directly to its warehouses in Canada and Mexico. (Photo by Kosuke Okamoto)
TOKYO — Toyota Tsusho, Japan’s trading house, has started providing direct shipping of auto parts from Japan to Canada and Mexico. This enables smaller suppliers to access major automotive manufacturing centers without incurring double tariffs that would arise from routing shipments through the United States.