TOKYO, Japan, May 26, 2023 – FedEx Express, a subsidiary ofFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world’s largest expresstransportation companies, is enhancing its inbound shipment serviceto better serve customers importing to in the Mie Prefecturecovering Yokkaichi City, Tsu City and Suzuka City. Importers andbusinesses can now receive their deliveries one day earlier forinbound shipments arriving from Europe and Asia Pacific, MiddleEast and Africa (AMEA) to Japan on a weekday.
The enhanced service applies to customers who are usingFedEx International Priority (IP) and FedExInternational Priority Freight (IPF), which typically deliverpackages between 1 and 3 business days to customers in Japan, aswell as major markets and territories worldwide. The upgrade alsoapplies to the recently announced FedEx International Economy (IE) and FedExInternational Economy Freight (IEF) services, which deliverpackages to customers in Japan in 2 to 5 business days.
“FedEx understands the growing demand of local import businessesand customers in the Mie Prefecture for faster and more reliabledelivery of packages,” said Kei Alan Kubota, Managing Director,FedEx Express Japan. “With the surge in value of imports fromEurope and Asia by 20.3% and 29.8% year-on-year respectively in2022[1], the shorter transit time can support therecovery of Japan’s economy and benefit more customers in Japan whoare able to receive their shipments much faster.”
For the past 50 years, FedEx has continued to innovate itssolutions through creating networks for what’s next in theindustry, and by offering convenient shipping options and toolsthough digital innovation. Locally, the company connects customerswith global markets through a myriad of service enhancements.
In 2022, FedEx improved transit times for packages arriving inFujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and shaved off transit time byone day for export packages from several cities in SaitamaPrefecture. In the same year, the company eliminatedout-of-pick-up-area surcharges for export shipments from Japan tobenefit customers in remote and less accessible locations acrossthe country.
[1] Japan Customs, January 2023