Nippon Express Thailand obtains GDP certification for domestic transport services
NE Thailand will first be intensifying sales of import forwarding and distribution services to Japanese pharmaceutical sales companies and collaborating with group companies that have already obtained GDP certification to step up sales to non-Japanese companies as well.
Nippon Express Thailand, a local subsidiary of Nippon Express obtained the Good Distribution Practices (GDP) certification, which is effective from December 22, 2020. The certification is its compliance with standards for the proper distribution of pharmaceuticals applicable to domestic transport services in Thailand linked to air cargo forwarding.
With Thailand in recent years having seen its birthrate decline, its society age and an increasing number of people become afflicted with lifestyle-related illnesses as their lifestyles become more Westernised, the Thai public has taken a growing interest in medical care and medicine. Accordingly, Thailand's pharmaceutical market has achieved annual growth rates of about 5 per cent over the past few years and imported pharmaceuticals account for around 57 per cent of the pharmaceutical market as a whole.
Having acquired GDP certification for its domestic transport services, NE Thailand will first be intensifying sales of import forwarding and distribution services to Japanese pharmaceutical sales companies and collaborating with group companies that have already obtained GDP certification to step up sales to non-Japanese companies as well. At some future point, it will also consider obtaining certification for storage services to expand the scope of its business operations.
