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- Chuo Gyorui Co., Ltd. Chuo Gyorui Co., Ltd. (8030:JP) engages primarily in the wholesale of seafood and processed marine products in Japan, serving the Tokyo metropolitan area through its core Fishery Products Wholesale segment; it also operates Refrigerated Warehouse, Real Estate Leasing, and Cargo Handling segments. The company wholesales an extensive range of fresh fish such as sardine, horse mackerel, mackerel, pacific saury, yellowtail, skipjack, sea bream, flounder, and octopus; frozen seafood including coho salmon, salmon trout, sockeye salmon, king crab, snow crab, black cod, shrimps, salted salmon, salted pollock roe, herring roe, and salmon caviar; as well as salted and dried products like dried butterflied horse mackerel, dried squid, baby sardine, fish paste, sausages, deep-fried seafood, and smoked salmon. Founded on July 1, 1947, and headquartered at 6-6-2 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Chuo Gyorui handles approximately 500 categories and 2,000 items of seafood, including top-volume species by value such as scallop, Indian tuna, salmon roe, red snapper, horse mackerel, bonito, and yellowtail varieties, while maintaining rigorous quality control certified under FSSC 22000 and Marine Eco-Label standards. Its operations feature consolidated subsidiaries including Hosui Corporation for cold storage and Marunaka Logistics Co., Ltd. (formerly Chuo Koage Co., Ltd.) for cargo handling, alongside equity affiliates like Funabashi Uoichi Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Kitauo Co., Ltd.; the company primarily targets domestic retailers, restaurants, and institutions in Japan with recent expansions into overseas exports to Southeast Asia, China, and Taiwan since around 2020, focusing on Japanese-sourced fish and tailored product development. Recent developments include making Hosui Corporation a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2022, renaming Chuo Koage to Marunaka Logistics Co., Ltd. in the same year, dissolving Chiba Chuo Gyorui Co., Ltd. in 2023, and ongoing enhancements to its food safety systems and international supply chains amid the 2018 Toyosu Market opening.