Additionally, a squeeze on management is caused by steep price escalation due to the accelerated shift toward the use of crops for bio-fuel under the U.S. Energy Security Policy, and by raising the price of raw materials due to the escalating price of oil as an ingredient in packaging materials, etc.
また、米国のエネルギー安全保障政策でバイオ燃料作物への転作が進み急激な高騰や、包装等の資材の原油価格高騰による原材料費高騰も経営を圧迫している。