This is due to the fact that the prices of coal and iron ore stocks that can be acquired in overseas coal mines and mines are rising, and the contribution of Chinese companies that are investing is strong, the main factor is.

ITOCHU Corporation Tsuyoshi Usomura CFO = Chief financial officer at the press conference "It was a steady and powerful settlement, the Chinese economy has solid domestic demand as well as exports, and private consumption is steady If there is concern, influence spreads globally if something strains are developed in the US-China relationship by the movement of the American trump regime. "

In addition, the other four major trading companies also posted strong results in the first quarter, mainly due to the rise in resource prices, "Mitsubishi Corporation" had a final profit of 17 Increase by 117 billion yen, "Mitsui & Co." increased by 81% to 110.8 billion yen, "Sumitomo Corporation" rose 3.5 times to 78.2 billion yen, "Marubeni" also increased by 11% to 53.8 billion yen Increased profit.